How does the amount and composition of PM deposited on Platanus acerifolia leaves change across different cities in Europe?
Baldacchini, Chiara | Castanheiro, Ana | Maghakyan, Nairuhi | Sgrigna, Gregorio | Verhelst, Jolien | Alonso, Rocío | Amorim, Jorge H. | Bellan, Patrick | Breuste, Jürgen | Bühler, Oliver | Cântar, Ilie C. | Cariñanos, Paloma | Carriero, Giulia | Churkina, Galina | Dinca, Lucian | Esposito, Raffaela | Gawroński, Stanisław W. | Kern, Maren | Le Thiec, Didier | Moretti, Marco | Ningal, Tine | Rantzoudi, Eleni C. | Sinjur, Iztok | Stojanova, Biljana | Aničić Urošević, Mira | Velikova, Violeta | Sahakyan, Lilit | Calfapietra, Carlo | Samson, Roeland | Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology (IBAF) | Dept Biosci Engn, Lab Environm & Urban Eco ; University of Antwerp (UA) | Ctr Ecol Noosphere Studies ; National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia [Yerevan] (NAS RA) | Ecotoxicol Air Pollut ; Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) | CESAM ; Universidade de Aveiro = University of Aveiro | Dept Environm & Planning ; Universidade de Aveiro = University of Aveiro | Air Qual Res Unit ; Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) | Vegetation Consultant/Landscape Engineer | Dept Geog & Geol ; Universität Salzburg | Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management [Copenhagen] (IGN) ; Faculty of Science [Copenhagen] ; University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH) | National Forestry Research-Development Institute Marin Dracea (INCDS) | Dept Bot ; Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR) | Inst Sustainable Plant Protect ; Instituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Plante (IPSP) | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) | Fac Hort Biotechnol & Landscape Architecture, Lab Basic Res Hort ; Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) | School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences ; Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) | Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières [devient SILVA en 2018] (EEF) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL) | Biodivers & Conservat Biol ; Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL | University College Dublin [Dublin] (UCD) | Department of Forestry and Management of Environment and Natural Resources ; Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) | Slovenian Forestry Institute | Dept Urban Greenery ; Publ Enterprise "Parks & Greenery" | Inst Phys ; University of Belgrade [Belgrade] | Inst Plant Physiol & Genet ; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences = Académie bulgare des sciences [Académie des sciences de Bulgarie] = Българска академия на науките (BAS) | EC
Particulate matter (PM) deposited on Platanus acerifolia tree leaves has been sampled in the urban areas of 28 European cities, over 20 countries, with the aim of testing leaf deposited particles as indicator of atmospheric PM concentration and composition.Leaves have been collected close to streets characterized by heavy traffic and within urban parks. Leaf surface density, dimensions, and elemental composition of leaf deposited particles have been compared with leaf magnetic content, and discussed in connection with air quality data. The PM quantity and size were mainly dependent on the regional background concentration of particles, while the percentage of iron-based particles emerged as a clear marker of traffic-related pollution in most of the sites.This indicates that Platanus acerifolia is highly suitable to be used in atmospheric PM monitoring studies and that morphological and elemental characteristics of leaf deposited particles, joined with the leaf magnetic content, may successfully allow urban PM source apportionment.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Ключевые слова АГРОВОК
Библиографическая информация
Эту запись предоставил Institut national de la recherche agronomique