Bioindicative comparison of the fern Athyrium distentifolium for trace pollution in the Sudety and Tatra mountains of Poland

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6357-6365

  Samecka Cymerman, Aleksandra ^a   Kolon, Krzysztof ^a   Mróz, Lucyna ^a   Kempers, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b Huygens Building ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Athyrium distentifolium; Metal; Monitoring; Transboundary pollution

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; ATHYRIUM DISTENTIFOLIUM; CLASSIFICATION ANALYSIS; COAL FLY ASH; FOLIAR CONCENTRATION; METAL TRANSPORT; PREVAILING WINDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SIDE SLOPE; TRANS-BOUNDARY POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; FLY ASH; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; LIGNITE; MANGANESE; ZINC;

BIOINDICATOR; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERN; FLY ASH; LIGNITE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHYRIUM DISTENTIFOLIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERN; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POLAND; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WIND;

ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERNS; METALS; POLAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND; SUDETES; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

ATHYRIUM DISTENTIFOLIUM; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 84866543734     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2425-8     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Abraham, J., Berzer, F., Ciechanowicz-Kusztal, R., Jodłowska- Opyd, G., Kallweit, D., Koder, J., et al. (2004). Joint report on air quality in the Tri-border region of the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany in 2003 (former Black Triangle region) Česky hydrometeorologicky Ústav (ČHMÚ), Wojewódzki Inspektorat Ochrony Srodowiska (WIOS), Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie (LfUG), Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Wrocław.
2. Andruszkiewicz, K. (2008). Raport o stanie środowiska w województwie dolnoslaskim w 2007 roku [Report on environmental quality in Lower Silesia in 2007], Wojewódzki Inspektorat Ochrony Srodowiska (WIOS), Wrocław, serie BMS, Wrocław.
3. Bridgman, H. A., Davies, T. D., Jickells, T., Hunova, I., Tovey, K., Bridges, K., et al. (2002). Air pollution in the Krusne Hory region, Czech Republic during the 1990s. Atmospheric Environment, 36, 3375-3389.
4. Bytnerowicz, A., Badea, O., Barbu, I., Fleischer, P., Fraczek, W., Gancz, V., et al. (2003). New international long-term ecological research on air pollution effects on the Carpathian Mountain forests, Central Europe. Environment International, 29, 367-376.
5. Chang, J. S., Yoon, I.-H., & Kim, K.-W. (2009). Heavy metal and arsenic accumulating fern species as potential ecological indicators in As-contaminated abandoned mines. Ecological Indicators, 9, 1275-1279.
6. Conti, M. (2005). A statistical approach applied to trace metal data from biomonitoring studies. International Journal of Environmental Pollution, 23, 29-41.
7. Cornara, L., Roccotiello, E., Minganti, V., Drava, G., De Pellegrini, R., & Mariotti, M. G. (2007). Level of trace elements in Pteridophytes growing on serpentine and metalliferous soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science- Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenernahrung und Bodenkund, 170, 781-787.
8. Deng, D. G., Xie, P., Zhou, Q., Yang, H., & Guo, L. G. (2007). Studies on temporal and spatial variations of phytoplankton in Lake Chaohu. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49, 409-418.
9. Denier van der Gon, H. A. C., Hulskotte, J. H. J., Visschedijk, A. J. H., & Schaap, M. (2007). A revised estimate of copper emissions from road transport in UNECE Europe and its impact on predicted copper concentrations. Atmospheric Environment, 41, 8697-8710.
10. Fanta, J. (1997). Rehabilitating degraded forests in Central Europe into self-sustaining forest ecosystems. Ecological Engineering, 8, 289-297.
11. Fernández, J. A., Rey, A., & Carballeira, A. (2000). An extended study of heavy metal deposition in Galicia (NW Spain) based on moss analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 254, 31-44.
12. Harmens, H., Büse, A., Buker, P., Norris, D., Mills, G., Williams, B., et al. (2004). Heavy metal concentrations in European mosses: 2000/2001 survey. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 49, 425-436.
13. Kachenko, A. G., Singh, B., & Bhatia, N. P. (2007). Heavy metal tolerance in common fern species. Australian Journal of Botany, 55, 63-73.
14. Kłos, A., Rajfur, M., Waclawek, M., Waclawek, W., Wuenschmann, S., & Markert, B. (2010). Quantitative relations between different concentrations of microand macroelements in mosses and lichens: the region of Opole (Poland) as an environmental interface in between Eastern and Western Europe. International Journal of Environment and Health, 4(2/3), 98-119.
15. Kozanecka, T., Chojnicki, J., & Kwasowski, W. (2002). Content of heavy metals in plant from pollution-free regions. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 11(4), 395-399.
16. Legendre, P., & Legendre, L. (1998). Numerical ecology. Second English edition. Developments in environmental modelling. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific BV.
17. Markert, B., Herpin, U., Berlekamp, J., Oehlmann, J., Grodzinska, K., Mankovska, B., et al. (1996a). Comparison of heavy metal deposition in selected Eastern European countries using the moss monitoring method, with special emphasis on the "Black Triangle". Science of the Total Environment, 193, 85-100.
18. Markert, B., Herpin, U., Siewers, U., Berlekamp, J., & Lieth, H. (1996b). The German heavy metal survey by means of mosses. Science of the Total Environment, 182, 159-168.
19. Markert, B., Breure, T., & Zechmeister, H. (Eds.). (2003). Bioindicators and biomonitors-principles, concepts and applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
20. Martin, S. J., & Falko, P. D. (2009). How reliable is the analysis of complex cuticular hydrocarbon profiles by multivariate statistical methods? Journal of Chemical Ecology, 35, 375-382.
21. Mateu, J., Forteza, R., Cerdá, V., & Colom-Altés, M. (1996). Particle size distribution and long-range transport of metals in atmospheric aerosols from the Alfabia Station (Majorca, Spain). Journal of Environmental Science and Health, A, 31, 31-54.
22. Oliva, S. R., & Rautio, P. (2004). Could ornamental plants serve as passive biomonitors in urban areas? Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 49, 137-138.
23. Otto, S., Vianello, M., Infantino, A., Zanin, G., & Di Guardo, A. (2008). Effect of a full-grown vegetative filter strip on herbicide runoff: maintaining of filter capacity over time. Chemosphere, 71, 74-82.
24. Riga-Karandinos, U., & Karandinos, M. G. (1998). Assessment of air pollution from a lignite power plant in the plain of Megalopolis Greece using as biomonitors three species of lichens; impacts on some biochemical parameters of lichens. The Science of the Total Environment, 215, 167-183.
25. Sarris, A., Kokinou, E., Aidona, E., Kallithrakas-Kontos, N., Koulouridakis, P., Kakoulaki, G., et al. (2009). Environmental study for pollution in the area ofMegalopolis power plant (Peloponnesos, Greece). Environmental Geology, 58, 1769-1783.
26. Sawidis, T., Chettri, M. K., Papaioannou, A., Zachariadis, G., & Stratis, J. (2001). A study of metal distribution from lignite fuels using trees as biological monitors. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 48, 27-35.
27. Schilling, J. S., & Lehman, M. E. (2002). Bioindication of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in the Southeastern US using the moss Thuidium delicatulum. Atmospheric Environment, 36, 1611-1618.
28. Shan, X., Wang, H., Zhang, S., Zhoub, H., Zheng, Y., Yu, H., et al. (2003). Accumulation and uptake of light rare earth elements in a hyperaccumulator Dicropteris dichotoma. Plant Science, 165, 1343-1353.
29. Sokal, R. R., & Rohlf, F. J. (1994). Biometry. The principles and practice of statistics in biological research. New York: Freeman.
30. Solenská, M., Mičieta, K., & Mišík, M. (2006). Plant bioassays for an in situ monitoring of air near an industrial area and municipal solid waste-Žilina (Slovakia). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 115, 499-508.
31. StatSoft, Inc. (2011). STATISTICA (data analysis software system), version 10. 2300 East 14th Street, Tulsa, OK 74104.
32. Sucharová, J., &Suchara, I. (1998). Atmospheric deposition levels of chosen elements in the Czech Republic determined in the framework of the International Bryomonitoring Program 1995. The Science of the Total Environment, 223, 37-52.
33. Świetlicki, E., & Krejci, R. (1996). Source characterization of the Central European atmospheric aerosol using multivariate statistical methods. Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, 109(110), 519-525.
34. Vacek, S., Bastl, M., & Lepš, J. (1999). Vegetation changes in forests of the Krkonoše Mts. over a period of air pollution stress (1980-1995). Plant Ecology, 143, 1-11.
35. Vaughan, I. P., & Ormerod, S. J. (2005). Increasing the value of principal components analysis for simplifying ecological data: a case study with rivers and river birds. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42, 487-497.
36. Zar, H. (1999). Biostatistical analysis. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
37. Zechmeister, H. G., & Hohenwallner, D. (2006). A comparison of biomonitoring methods for the estimation of atmospheric pollutants in an industrial town in Austria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 117, 245-259.