Chemometrics in the assessment of the sustainable development rule implementation

• Authors: Aleksander Astel , Grażyna Głosińska , Tadeusz Sobczyński , Leonard Boszke , Vasil Simeonov , Jerzy Siepak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The sustainable development rule implementation is tested by the application of chemometrics in the field of environmental pollution. A data set consisting of Cd, Pb, Cr, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ni, and Fe content in bottom sediment samples collected in the Odra River (Germany/Poland) is treated using cluster analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA), and source apportionment techniques. Cluster analysis clearly shows that pollution on the German bank is higher than on the Polish bank. Two latent factors extracted by PCA explain over 88 % of the total variance of the system, allowing identification of the dominant “semi-natural” and “anthropogenic” pollution sources in the river ecosystem. The complexity of the system is proved by MLR analysis of the absolute principal component scores (APCS). The apportioning clearly shows that Cd, Pb, Cr, Zn and Cu participate in an “anthropogenic” source profile, whereas Fe and Mn are “semi-natural”. Multiple regression analysis indicates that for particular elements not described by the model, the amounts vary from 4.2 % (Mn) to 13.1 % (Cr). The element Ni participates to some extent to each source and, in this way, is neither pure “semi-natural” nor pure “anthropogenic”. Apportioning indicates that the whole heavy metal pollution in the investigated river reach is 12510.45 mg·kg−1. The contribution of pollutants originating from “anthropogenic sources” is 9.04 % and from “semi-natural” sources is 86.53 %.

Keywords

EN

Sustainable development; bottom sediments; heavy metals; chemometrics; source apportionment

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 543-564

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2006

online

1 - 9 - 2006

Contributors

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Aleksander Astel

• Biology and Environmental Protection Institute, Pomeranian Pedagogical Academy, 76-200, Słupsk, Poland

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Grażyna Głosińska

• Department of Environmental Protection, Collegium Polonicum, Adam Mickiewicz University, 69-100, Słubice, Poland

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Tadeusz Sobczyński

• Department of Water and Soil Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, 60-613, Poznań, Poland

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Leonard Boszke

• Department of Environmental Protection, Collegium Polonicum, Adam Mickiewicz University, 69-100, Słubice, Poland

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Vasil Simeonov

• Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia “St. Kl. Okhridski”, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Jerzy Siepak

• Department of Water and Soil Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, 60-613, Poznań, Poland

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DOI

10.2478/s11532-006-0021-5