Accumulation histories of major and trace elements on pine needles in the Cologne Conurbation as function of air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 833-845

  Lehndorff, E ^a   Schwark, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Biomonitoring; Cologne Conurbation; Enrichment factors; Pinus nigra

Indexed keywords

PETROCHEMICALS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; COLOGNE CONURBATION; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; PINUS NIGRA;

AIR POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; IRON; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; SODIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; COLOGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 38849133455     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Bargagli R. Trace Elements in Terrestrial Plants-An Ecophysiological Approach to Biomonitoring and Biorecovery (1998), Springer, London, Heidelberg p. 325
2. Bosco M.L., Varrica D., and Dongarra G. Case study: inorganic pollutants associated with particulate matter from an area near a petrochemical plant. Environmental Research 99 (2005) 18-30
3. Dietl C., Reifenhäuser W., and Peichl L. Association of antimony with traffic-occurrence in airborne dust, deposition and accumulation in standardized grass cultures. The Science of the Total Environment 205 (1997) 235-244
4. EC Directive, 1996. 1996/62/EC Relating to the Monitoring and the Evaluation of Ambient Air Quality, Brussels.
5. Franceschi V.R., and Nakata P.A. Calcium oxalate in plants: formation and function. Annual Reviews of Plant Biology 56 (2006) 41-71
6. Galuszka A. The chemistry of soils, rocks and plant indicators in three ecosystems of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 110 (2005) 55-70
7. Garg B.D., Cadle S.H., Mulawa P.A., Groblicki P.J., Laroo C., and Parr G.A. Brake wear particulate matter emissions. Environmental Science and Technology 34 (2000) 4463-4469
8. Giertych M.J., Karolewski P., and de Temmerman L.O. Foliage age and pollution alter content of phenolic compounds and chemical elements in Pinus nigra needles. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 110 (1999) 363-377
9. Gomez D.R., Gine M.F., Sanchez Bellato A.C., and Smichowski P. Antimony: a traffic-related element in the atmosphere of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 7 (2005) 1162-1168
10. Harrison R.M., Tilling R., Romero M.S.C., Harrad S., and Jarvis K. A study of trace metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the roadside environment. Atmospheric Environment 37 (2003) 2391-2402
11. Hjortenkrans D., Bergbäck B., and Häggerud A. New metal emission patterns in road traffic environments. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 117 (2006) 85-98
12. Huang, X.D., Olmez, I., Aras, N.K., Gordon, G.E., 1994. Emissions of trace-elements from motor-vehicles-potential marker elements and source composition profile. Atmospheric Environment, 1385-1391.
13. Lehndorff E., Urbat M., and Schwark L. Accumulation histories of magnetic particles on pine needles as function of air quality. Atmospheric Environment 40 (2006) 7082-7096
14. Lindgren A. Asphalt wear and pollution transport. The Science of the Total Environment 189-190 (1996) 281-286
15. Lough G.C., Shauer J.J., Park J.-S., Shafer M.M., Deminter J.T., and Weinstein J.P. Emissions of metals associated with motor vehicle roadways. Environmental Science and Technology 39 (2005) 826-836
16. Migaszewski Z.M., Galuszka A., Swiercz A., and Kucharzyk J. Element concentrations in soil and plant bioindicators in selected habitats of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 129 (2001) 369-386
17. McLennan, 2001. Relationships between the trace element composition of sedimentary rocks and upper crust. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2, paper number 2000GC000109.
18. Monaci F., Moni F., Panciotti E., Grech D., and Bargagli R. Biomonitoring of airborne metals in urban environments: new tracers of vehicle emission, in place of lead. Environmental Pollution 107 (2000) 321-327
19. Morselli L., Olivieri P., Brusori B., and Passarini F. Soluble and insoluble fractions of heavy metals in wet and dry atmospheric depositions in Bologna. Environmental Pollution 124 (2003) 457-469
20. Pacyna J.M., and Pacyna E.G. An assessment of global and regional emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources worldwide. Environmental Reviews 9 (2001) 269-298
21. Rautio P., Huttunen S., and Lamppu J. Element concentrations in scots pine needles on radial transects across a subarctic area. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 102 (1998) 389-405
22. Root R.A. Lead loading of urban streets by motor vehicle wheel weights. Environmental Health Perspectives 108 (2000) 937-940
23. Salma I., and Maenhaut W. Changes in elemental composition and mass of atmospheric aerosol pollution between 1996 and 2002 in a Central European city. Environmental Pollution 143 (2006) 479-488
24. Sardans J., and Penuelas J. Introduction of the factor of partitioning in the lithogenic enrichment factors of trace element bioaccumulation in plant tissues. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 115 (2006) 473-498
25. Sawidis T., Chettri M.K., Papaioannou A., Zachariadis G., and Stratis J. A study of metal distribution from lignite fuels using trees as biological monitors. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 48 (2001) 27-35
26. Smodis B., Pignata M.L., Saiki M., Cortes E., Bangfa N., Markert B., Nyarko B., Arunachalam J., Garty J., Vutchkov M., Wolterbeek H.T., Steinnes E., Freitas M.C., Lucaciu A., and Frontasyeva M. Validation and application of plants as biomonitors of trace element atmospheric pollution-a co-ordinated effort in 14 countries. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry 49 (2004) 3-13
27. Steinnes E., and Friedland A.J. Metal contamination of natural surface soils from long-range atmospheric transport: existing and missing knowledge. Environmental Reviews 14 (2006) 169-186
28. Sternbeck J., Sjödin A., and Andreasson K. Metal emissions from road traffic and the influence of resuspension-results from two tunnel studies. Atmospheric Environment 36 (2002) 4735-4744
29. Tyler G. Rare earth elements in soil and plant systems-a review. Plant and Soil 267 (2004) 191-206
30. Tzvetkova N., and Hadjiivanova C. Chemical composition and biochemical changes in needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands at different stages of decline in Bulgaria. Trees-Structure and Function 20 (2006) 405-40920 405, 409
31. US-EPA, 2004. Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
32. Varrica D., Aiuppa A., and Dongarra G. Volcanic and anthropogenic contribution to heavy metal content in lichens from Mt. Etna and Vulcano island (Sicily). Environmental Pollution 108 (2000) 153-162
33. Wang C., Zhu W., Wang Z., and Guicherit R. REE and other metals in atmospheric PM in the western part of the Netherlands. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 121 (2000) 109-118
34. Wang Y.F., Huang K.L., Li C.T., Mi H.H., Luo J.H., and Tsai P.J. Emissions of fuel metals content from a diesel vehicle engine. Atmospheric Environment 37 (2003) 4637-4643
35. Whitcombe J.M., Agranovski I.E., and Braddock R.D. Categorisation of particulate emissions from a fluidised catalytic cracking unit. Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 21 (2004) 463-472
36. Wichmann H.E., and Peters A. Epidemiological evidence of the effects of ultrafine particle exposure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 358 (2000) 2751-2769
37. Wyttenbach A., Tobler L., Schleppi P., and Furrer V. Variation of the rare earth element concentrations in the soil, soil extract and in individual plants from the same site. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 231 (1998) 101-106