Climatic signals in tree-ring width and stable isotopes composition of <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L. Growing in the industrialized area nearby Kędzierzyn-Koźle

Abstract

Abstract:The main aims of these studies were dendrochronological and mass spectrometric analysis of the impact of climate on tree rings width and stable isotopes composition in pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). The conifers were growing in the vicinity of chemical and nitrogen factories in Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Poland) in the period of time from 1920s to 2012 AD. The combined usage of tree ring width and isotopic composition data provides historic records of the environment changes. These data allows identifying the behavior adaptation of pine growing under pollution stress to climate changes. The incremental rhythm of the studied pine populations was not identical, probably due to their different sensitivities to some climatic factors. This study evidences that the isotopic records in tree-rings α-cellulose may be sensitive bio-indicators of the way that the components of air and water may be changed by the trees in response to the climate changes and anthropogenic effects. The water use efficiency may be strongly correlated with variability of the surface temperature that may be due to increase of CO 2 emission.

Variations of tree ring width and chemical composition of wood of pine growing in the area nearby chemical factories

“…The year-to-year variability of tree ring qualities is shaped largely by the climatic factor (Fritts,1976;Sensuła and Wilczyński, 2017). However, industrial pollution affects medium-and long-term changes in the incremental characteristics.…”

“…It affected on major limiting factors that controlled the functioning of many ecosystems (Vitousek et al, 1997), the condition of forests and trees physiology (Breymeyer, 1998). Pine (Pinus silvestris L.) has been used in bio-monitoring studies (De Vries et al, 2000;Lombardo et al, 2001;Juknys et al,, 2003;Wilczyński, 2006;Pearson et al, 2006;Danek 2007;Sensuła et al, 2011aSensuła et al, , 2011bSensuła and Wilczyński, 2017). However there is still a lack of data concerning the environmental changes in the most industrialized part of Poland over the last century.…”

Anthropogenic CO2 Emission Records in Scots Pine Growing in the Most Industrialized Region of Poland from 1975 to 2014

“…The observed anthropogenic impact on the carbon cycle, related to regional and global diffusion of industrial CO 2 emissions and some other local human activities (such as, industrial factories, vehicles, housing energy, low stack emission of CO 2 ) has led to changes in the isotopic composition of carbon in the atmosphere and biosphere (Craig 1954; Suess 1955; Leavitt and Long 1982; Martin et al 1988; Ehrelinger 1990; Ehrelinger and Vogel 1993; McCarroll and Loader 2004; Sensuła et al 2006; Pazdur et al 2007; McCarroll et al 2009; Keeling et al 2010; Rinne et al 2010; Savard 2010; Sensuła et al 2011; Pazdur et al 2013; Sensuła 2015; Boden et al 2016; Sensuła 2016a, 2016b, 2016c; Sensuła and Wilczyński 2017). The carbon isotopic composition of trees may be affected by changes in carbon isotopic composition of atmospheric CO 2 and during enzymatic reactions and due to changes in temperature, sunshine, water stress, or contamination (Farquhar and Sharkey 1982; Ehleringer 1990; Ehrelinger and Vogel 1993; Sensuła 2016b).…”

The Impact of Air Pollution on the Growth of Scots Pine Stands in Poland on the Basis of Dendrochronological Analyses

“…However, trees growing in stands located in the prevailing downwind direction were affected more severely than those growing at a similar distance from the factory but located to the north of it (Figure 7). In comparison with forest complexes growing near other nitrogen factories in Poland, the reductions in tree-ring width and the damage to pine stands in Puławy were much greater [30,62]. A similar degree of damage can be observed in forests growing in Silesia, which is the most polluted region of Poland.…”