Environmental pollution is an important issue in metropolitan areas, and roadside trees are directly affected by various sources of to which they exhibit numerous responses. The aim the present study was identify morpho-physio-biochemical attributes maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba L.) American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis growing under two different air quality conditions (roadside with high ...

Air pollution is a major concern in China. Lichens are a useful biomonitor for atmospheric elemental deposition but have rarely been used in North China. The aim of this study was to investigate the atmospheric depositions of 30 trace elements (Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sm, Sr, Tb, Th, Ti, Tl, V and Zn) in a region of the Taihang Mount...

The objective of this paper is to provide an analysis of particulate metal emissions in the USA. The analysis will identify natural and industrial sources, environmental standards, emission trends, and controls of particulate emissions. Since the majority of airborne metal emissions originate from metal industries and electric utility facilities, environmental and worker assessments of exposure...

Results of investigations and assessment of air pollution by cadmium, lead, and arsenic using Italian ryegrass are presented in this paper. The experiment was carried out in the 2011 growing season in Poznań city and surroundings areas. Lolium multiflorum L. ‘Lema’ exhibits several properties useful for active biomonitoring of air pollution. Plants were exposed at sites varying in environmental...

Today, the anthropogenic impact on environment is increasing, especially in urbanized areas and territories where active hostilities are taking place. Among a number of urgent environmental problems, it possible to single out atmospheric air pollution, which occurs as result concentration road transport industry safe areas. The article presents results research into state pollution city Vinnyts...

In this article, the bioindicator properties of Taraxacum officinale, a common plant in urban areas, are studied. The existence correlation between environment and content heavy metals plants determines use as indicators natural anthropogenic landscapes. relationship amount their pollution Plant organisms recognized adequate bioindicators environmental quality. It is T. officinale that suitable...

Mosses are one of the best bioindicators in assessment atmospheric aerosol pollution by heavy metals. Studies using mosses allow both short- and long-term air quality monitoring. The increasing contamination environment (including air) is causing a search for new, cheap effective methods monitoring its condition. Once such method use active biomonitoring. aim study was to assess with selected m...

The atmosphere of mountain areas may be contaminated by pollutants originating mainly from road traffic, as well tourist and community activities within such areas. This study aimed to assess the concentrations airborne potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in two Thailand using lichen biomonitoring. Thalli Parmotrema tinctorum relatively unpolluted area Khao Yai National Park (KYNP) were prepared ...

Monitoring the bioaccumulation of chemical elements within various organismal tissues has become a useful tool to survey current or chronic levels of heavy metal exposure within an environment. In this study, we compared the bioaccumulations of As, Cd, Cu, Fe, Pb, Se, and Zn between the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, and its parasites in order to establish their use as bioindic...

Cypress tree with blue green foliage and scaly reddish brown bark is planted throughout world as an ornamental plant. One of the newest ways for determining amount and kind of environmental pollutants is natural biomonitoring. The samples were obtained from three sites (heavy traffic, moderate traffic and control) in Isfahan during August-September and November-December 2013 and February-March ...