Heavy metals accumulation in tree leaves from urban areas

Authors: Tomašević, M.¹; Rajšić, S.²; Đorđević, D.³; Tasić, M.²; Krstić, J.⁴; Novaković, V.²

Source: Environmental Chemistry Letters, Volume 2, Number 3, December 2004 , pp. 151-154(4)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Higher plants may be used as biomonitors for the assessment of atmospheric heavy metal pollution by means of their bioaccumulative properties. We evaluated the reliability of biomonitoring heavy metal pollution by horse chestnut and linden leaves, common species found in Belgrade city parks. The results show that the highest concentrations of heavy metals were found in horse chestnut leaves at Studentski Park site, amounting to 110.2, 20.3 and 4.9 μg g⁻¹ dry weight for Cu, Pb and Cd, respectively, which are considered above toxic levels for plants.

Keywords: Urban pollution; Atmospheric deposition; Heavy metals; Biomonitoring; Tree leaves

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10311-004-0081-8

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Physics, Pregrevica 118, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, Email: milica@phy.bg.ac.yu 2: Institute of Physics, Pregrevica 118, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, 3: IHTM, Center of Chemistry, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, 4: IHTM, Center of Catalysis, Njegoševa 14, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro,

Publication date: 2004-12-01