Biomonitoring of traffic air pollution in Rome using magnetic properties of tree leaves

2003 ◽  
Vol 37 (21) ◽  
pp. 2967-2977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Moreno ◽  
Leonardo Sagnotti ◽  
Jaume Dinarès-Turell ◽  
Aldo Winkler ◽  
Antonio Cascella
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Tree Leaves

Comparative Use of Tree Leaves, Needles, Tree Barks and Lichens for Air Pollution Biomonitoring

2005 ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. El Khoukhi ◽  
R. Cherkaoui El Moursli ◽  
A. Chouak ◽  
Z. Moutia ◽  
M. Lferde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Tree Leaves ◽  
Tree Barks

Magnetic properties of tree leaves and their significance in atmospheric particle pollution in Linfen City, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Yin ◽  
Shouyun Hu ◽  
Liwan Cao ◽  
Wolfgang Roesler ◽  
Erwin Appel
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Tree Leaves ◽  
Atmospheric Particle ◽  
Particle Pollution

scholarly journals Use of Leaves as Bioindicator to Assess Air Pollution Based on Composite Proxy Measure (APTI), Dust Amount and Elemental Concentration of Metals

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1743
Author(s):  
Vanda Éva Molnár ◽  
Dávid Tőzsér ◽  
Szilárd Szabó ◽  
Béla Tóthmérész ◽  
Edina Simon
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Elemental Concentration ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Rural Site ◽  
Tolerance Index ◽  
Tree Leaves ◽  
Elemental Concentrations ◽  
Proxy Measure

Monitoring air pollution and environmental health are crucial to ensure viable cities. We assessed the usefulness of the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) as a composite index of environmental health. Fine and coarse dust amount and elemental concentrations of Celtis occidentalis and Tilia × europaea leaves were measured in June and September at three sampling sites (urban, industrial, and rural) in Debrecen city (Hungary) to assess the usefulness of APTI. The correlation between APTI values and dust amount and elemental concentrations was also studied. Fine dust, total chlorophyll, and elemental concentrations were the most sensitive indicators of pollution. Based on the high chlorophyll and low elemental concentration of tree leaves, the rural site was the least disturbed by anthropogenic activities, as expected. We demonstrated that fine and coarse dust amount and elemental concentrations of urban tree leaves are especially useful for urban air quality monitoring. Correlations between APTI and other measured parameters were also found. Both C. occidentalis and T. europaea were sensitive to air pollution based on their APTI values. Thus, the APTI of tree leaves is an especially useful proxy measure of air pollution, as well as environmental health.

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