Multielement and Rare Earth Element Composition of the Soil and Lichen from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Humerovic, Jasna; Muhić-Šarac, Tidža; Memić, Mustafa; Žero, Sabina; Selović, Alisa

doi:10.5053/ekoloji.2015.10

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“…Studies have shown that metal contamination from anthropogenic sources originate from PM2.5 and PM10 atmospheric input [3,16]. Moreover, Lodenius et al [38] established correlations between PM2.5 and PM10 air pollution in association with lichens near urban centers regardless of distance from highways [32]. Finally, lichens as a bio-indicator for pollution have never been studied within the Las Vegas valley.…”

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Buellia dispersa (Lichens) Used as Bio-Indicators for Air Pollution Transport: A Case Study within the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (USA)

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Abstract:Hazardous substances (e.g., toxic elements, oxides of nitrogen, carbon and sulfur) are discharged to the environment by a number of natural and anthropogenic activities. Anthropogenic air pollution commonly contains trace elements derived from contaminants and additives released into the atmosphere during fossil fuel combustion (automobiles, power generation, etc.) as well as physical processes (e.g., metal refining, vehicle brake wear, and tire and pavement wear). Analysis of pollutant chemical concentrations in lichens collected across the Las Vegas Valley allows documentation of the distribution of air pollution in the Valley. Analyses of lichen biomass (Buellia dispersa), when compared to windrose diagrams, shows pathways of airborne pollutant transport across the Las Vegas Valley. The west and north sectors of the Las Vegas Valley contained the lowest target contaminates (e.g., Cr, Cu, Co, Pb, Ni) and the highest NO 3 − while the east and south sectors contained the highest levels of target contaminates and lowest NO 3 − . Additionally, metals and NO 3 − detected in the east and south sectors of the valley indicate that air pollution generated in the valley is moving from the south to the north-northeast and across the valley, exiting on the north and south side of Frenchman Mountain.

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Buellia dispersa (Lichens) Used as Bio-Indicators for Air Pollution Transport: A Case Study within the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (USA)

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“…13 Extensive use of solid fuels during the cold, heating season and an old vehicle fleet coupled with Sarajevo's orography and meteorology causes the accumulation of pollutants within the city's plane, leading to episodes of high air pollution. 14 And yet, despite numerous worldwide studies on atmospheric concentrations and sources of PM constituents, similar studies are scarce in BiH, mostly presenting ambient concentrations of PM 10 , O 3 , NO 2 , NO, and metals in street dust. Available publications discuss air pollution in Sarajevo, 1,14−22 Tuzla, 23 Mostar, 24,25 and Banja Luka.…”

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“…Because of Sarajevo’s geographical location and terrain configuration, during winter its tropospheric mixing is frequently low with regularly occurring temperature inversions . Extensive use of solid fuels during the cold, heating season and an old vehicle fleet coupled with Sarajevo’s orography and meteorology causes the accumulation of pollutants within the city’s plane, leading to episodes of high air pollution …”

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“…And yet, despite numerous worldwide studies on atmospheric concentrations and sources of PM constituents, similar studies are scarce in BiH, mostly presenting ambient concentrations of PM 10 , O 3 , NO 2 , NO, and metals in street dust. Available publications discuss air pollution in Sarajevo, ,− Tuzla, Mostar, , and Banja Luka . Delibašić et al presented results for metals in street dust of the Federation of BiH, while Ramić et al reported data of air pollution biomonitoring in BiH using Hypogymnia physodes .…”

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New Insight into the Measurements of Particle-Bound Metals in the Urban and Remote Atmospheres of the Sarajevo Canton and Modeled Impacts of Particulate Air Pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Žužul

Huremović

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Environ. Sci. Technol.

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The Sa rajevo Canton Winter Fi eld Ca mpaign 2018 (SAFICA) was a project that took place in winter 2017–2018 with an aim to characterize the chemical composition of aerosol in the Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which has one of the worst air qualities in Europe. This paper presents the first characterization of the metals in PM 10 (particulate matter aerodynamic diameters ≤10 μm) from continuous filter samples collected during an extended two-months winter period at the urban background Sarajevo and remote Ivan Sedlo sites. We report the results of 18 metals detected by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). The average mass concentrations of metals were higher at the Sarajevo site than at Ivan Sedlo and ranged from 0.050 ng/m 3 (Co) to 188 ng/m 3 (Fe) and from 0.021 ng/m 3 (Co) to 61.8 ng/m 3 (Fe), respectively. The BenMAP-CE model was used for estimating the annual BiH health (50% decrease in PM 2.5 would save 4760+ lives) and economic benefits (costs of $2.29B) of improving the air quality. Additionally, the integrated energy and health assessment with the ExternE model provided an initial estimate of the additional health cost of BiH’s energy system.

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Lichen biomonitoring of airborne trace elements in the industrial-urbanized area of eastern algiers (Algeria)

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Yekkour

Toumi

et al. 2023

Atmospheric Pollution Research

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Multielement and Rare Earth Element Composition of the Soil and Lichen from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

Buellia dispersa (Lichens) Used as Bio-Indicators for Air Pollution Transport: A Case Study within the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (USA)

Buellia dispersa (Lichens) Used as Bio-Indicators for Air Pollution Transport: A Case Study within the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (USA)

New Insight into the Measurements of Particle-Bound Metals in the Urban and Remote Atmospheres of the Sarajevo Canton and Modeled Impacts of Particulate Air Pollution in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lichen biomonitoring of airborne trace elements in the industrial-urbanized area of eastern algiers (Algeria)

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