Pb-210 Isotope as a Pollutant Emission Indicator / Izotop Pb-210 Jako Znacznik Emisji Zanieczyszczeń

• Authors: Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka , Zbigniew Ziembik , Jan Kříž , Lidmila Hyšplerova , Maria Wacławek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Passive biomonitoring using 210Pb was used in the paper to evaluate pollutant deposition. Well-developed epiphytic foliose lichens Hypogymnia physodes growing on spruce branches were used in the studies. The samples of mosses Pleurozium schreberi and soil (raw humus) were collected from the area around the tree from which the samples of lichens were collected. The studies have shown that it is possible to identify dust emission sources using a radioactive lead isotope (210Pb). The highest activity of 210Pb was observed in areas with increased deposition of other pollutants, such as Ni, Cd, Cu and Pb, which may indicate that 210Pb is one of the emission components

PL

W pracy zastosowano biomonitoring pasywny, z wykorzystaniem 210Pb, do oceny depozycji zanieczyszczeń. Do badań wykorzystano dobrze wykształcone epifityczne porosty listkowate Hypogymnia physodes, porastające gałęzie świerka. Wokół drzewa, z którego pobrano próbki porostów, pobierano próbki mchów Pleurozium schreberi oraz gleby - próchnicy nadkładowej. W prowadzonych badaniach stwierdzono, że możliwa jest identyfikacja źródeł emisji pyłu przy wykorzystaniu radioaktywnego izotopu ołowiu - 210Pb. Największe aktywności 210Pb zaobserwowano na terenach o zwiększonej depozycji innych zanieczyszczeń, np. Ni, Cd, Cu i Pb, co może wskazywać, że 210Pb jest jednym z komponentów emisji

Keywords

EN

210Pb; pollutant emission indicator; passive biomonitoring

PL

210Pb; znacznik emisji zanieczyszczeń; pasywny biomonitoring

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 73-81

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2015

online

18 - 4 - 2015

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole

author

Zbigniew Ziembik

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole

author

Jan Kříž

• Department of Physics, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

author

Lidmila Hyšplerova

• Department of Physics, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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Maria Wacławek

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eces-2015-0004