Revitalization of urban ecosystems through vascular plants: Preliminary results from the BSEC-PDF project

dc.contributor.author	Gorelova, SV	en
dc.contributor.author	Frontasyeva, MV	en
dc.contributor.author	Yurukova, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Coskun, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Pantelica, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Saitanis, CJ	en
dc.contributor.author	Tomasevic, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Anicic, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:51:27Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:51:27Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	00021857	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5519
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dc.subject	Bioaccumulation	en
dc.subject	Heavy metals	en
dc.subject	Phytoremediation	en
dc.subject	Tree leaves	en
dc.subject.other	Acer	en
dc.subject.other	Acer platanoides	en
dc.subject.other	Aesculus hippocastanum	en
dc.subject.other	Betula pendula	en
dc.subject.other	Malvaceae	en
dc.subject.other	Populus nigra	en
dc.subject.other	Tilia cordata	en
dc.subject.other	Tracheophyta	en
dc.title	Revitalization of urban ecosystems through vascular plants: Preliminary results from the BSEC-PDF project	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	Passive biomonitoring with plants, in urban environment, is of significant practical value in assessing exposure and human health risks caused by various technogenic pollution impacts. In order to select plant species able to accumulate the anthropogenically emitted heavy metals (HM) and toxic elements in excessive amounts, being tolerant to them, an assessment of the accumulation efficiency of several urban tree species was carried out in six European cities and towns: Sofia (Bulgaria), Athens (Greece), Bucharest (Romania), Tula (Russia), Belgrade (Serbia), and Çanakkale (Turkey). The leaves of the selected tree species were collected in summer 2009 and subjected to multi-elements analysis by means of several analytical techniques: ICP-OES, AAS, PIXE, and XRF. The preliminary results of the analysis suggest that the leaves of the species Aesculus hippocastanum, Acer platanoides, Populus nigra, and Tilia cordata can be used as accumulators of a number of elements originated from the technogenic pollution: Populus nigra: Mn, Fe, Ni, Zn, Cd, and Pb; Acer platanoides: Mn and Fe; Aesculus hippocastanum: Ni, Cu, As, and Pb; Tilia cordata: Al, Fe, and Cu, and Betula pendula: Mn, Ni, Zn, Cd, and Pb.	en
heal.journalName	Agrochimica	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.volume	55	en
dc.identifier.spage	65	en
dc.identifier.epage	84	en