USING Tilia tomentosa IN HEAVY METAL POLLUTION MONITORING IN ANKARA PROVINCE, TURKEY

ABSTRACT Heavy metals constitute the largest part of air pollution. metals, concentration which in environment is constantly increasing and can remain intact nature for a long time, are great threat to living things. In addition, due fact that it causes bioaccumulation structure things, detection heavy metal very important. However, things areas where traffic exposed exhaust fumes, this significantly negatively affects health our study, concentrated Ankara were determined possibilities using linden trees, planted abundantly middle refuges, as biomonitor change hunters investigated. Changes Pb, Fe, Cd, Cr As elements soil plant samples analyzed ICP-MS device. SPSS 22 Statistical Package Program was used evaluate obtained data. The Tilia tomentosa Moench. parts (leaf, flower branch) evaluated, seen amounts unwashed higher than washed all metals. highest among stations Fe (40681 µgg-1) collected from Gazi station, lowest Cd (4.9 Mogan station on soils.