Trace Element Accumulation in Selected Bioindicators Exposed to Emissions along the Industrial Facilities of Danube Lowland

Heide SPIEGEL

Makale detayları

Trace Element Accumulation in Selected Bioindicators Exposed to Emissions along the Industrial Facilities of Danube Lowland

Yazarlar:

Heide SPIEGEL

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Chemistry 2002 Vol.26 Issue 6, pp.815-824

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2002

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000729704

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6130

pISSN:

1300-0527

Özet:

 

The scope of this study was to investigate the effects of the  atmospheric emissions of two significant industrial centres of the  Danube Lowland: the Schwechat and Slovnaft refineries.  In this connection  the environmental pollution of emission zones by heavy metals on the  base of selected bioindicators (soil, lucerne, wheat, earthworms)  should be evaluated.  The phenomenon of the atmospheric impact of heavy  metal aerosols on the food chain and substance transfer for the model  studied (soil - plants - terrestrial invertebrates) was quantified by  transfer (bioaccumulation) factors.  Due to the orographic depression  between the Eastern Alps and Western Carpathian Mountains and the  characteristic atmospheric circulation with a predomint an north-west wind  direction, heavy metal aerosols from closed industrial activities are  expected to influence the quality of the surrounding environment.   However, most of the 112 top soil samples taken from arable fields  in the Schwechat District (Austria) showed natural levels of heavy  metals.  Heavy metal uptake by wheat via the soil was also rather low.  At the Slovakian monitoring site the heavy metal bioaccumulation  within the lucerne, as a consequence of availability from the soil,  was slightly increased and a considerably higher transfer  factor was recorded in related earthworm tissues.  Cadmium content in  the earthworms exceeded the recommended limit for agricultural feed.

 

The scope of this study was to investigate the effects of the  atmospheric emissions of two significant industrial centres of the  Danube Lowland: the Schwechat and Slovnaft refineries.  In this connection  the environmental pollution of emission zones by heavy metals on the  base of selected bioindicators (soil, lucerne, wheat, earthworms)  should be evaluated.  The phenomenon of the atmospheric impact of heavy  metal aerosols on the food chain and substance transfer for the model  studied (soil - plants - terrestrial invertebrates) was quantified by  transfer (bioaccumulation) factors.  Due to the orographic depression  between the Eastern Alps and Western Carpathian Mountains and the  characteristic atmospheric circulation with a predomint an north-west wind  direction, heavy metal aerosols from closed industrial activities are  expected to influence the quality of the surrounding environment.   However, most of the 112 top soil samples taken from arable fields  in the Schwechat District (Austria) showed natural levels of heavy  metals.  Heavy metal uptake by wheat via the soil was also rather low.  At the Slovakian monitoring site the heavy metal bioaccumulation  within the lucerne, as a consequence of availability from the soil,  was slightly increased and a considerably higher transfer  factor was recorded in related earthworm tissues.  Cadmium content in  the earthworms exceeded the recommended limit for agricultural feed.

Makale detayları

Trace Element Accumulation in Selected Bioindicators Exposed to Emissions along the Industrial Facilities of Danube Lowland

Yazarlar: Heide SPIEGEL

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Chemistry 2002 Vol.26 Issue 6, pp.815-824

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2002

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000729704

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-6130

pISSN: 1300-0527

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Heide SPIEGEL

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Chemistry 2002 Vol.26 Issue 6, pp.815-824

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2002

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000729704

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6130

pISSN:

1300-0527