Trace element leaf accumulation in native trees from the remaining Semideciduous Atlantic Forest in Brazil

Dafré-Martinelli, Marcelle; Figueiredo, Ana Maria G.; Domingos, Marisa

doi:10.1016/j.apr.2020.01.015

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“…The level of Cu and Zn in Buxus is relatively low, but the level of Mn is obviously higher. These differences should be related to the element metabolism process of species [7,9]. Some studies [9,10] showed that heavy metal contents in plant leaves can reflect the purification ability of plants to pollutants in the environment (especially the atmospheric environment).…”

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“…These differences should be related to the element metabolism process of species [7,9]. Some studies [9,10] showed that heavy metal contents in plant leaves can reflect the purification ability of plants to pollutants in the environment (especially the atmospheric environment). Therefore, this study suggests that the contents of heavy metal elements in above mentioned five urban greening plant leaves can reflect their different purification ability for heavy metals.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They purify the surrounding air through their own growth and metabolism process, and store pollutants in their biological bodies [5][6][7][8]. Leaf is the direct tissue where green plants carry out photosynthesis and respiration, and the main part of material exchange between the plants and surrounding [9][10][11]. During this process, some pollutants in the ambient air also enter the leaf tissue [12][13][14].…”

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“…Nadgórska-Socha et al [33] studied the levels of heavy metal contamination on plants growing in urban biotopes in the city of D ąbrowa Górnicza (southern Poland) and found the mean values of APTI (Air Pollution Tolerance Index) for the investigated plants were in the following ascending order, P. lanceolata < R. pseudoacacia < B. pendula < T. officinale. Dafré-Martinelli et al [9] reported a research result about the leaf accumulation level of trace elements of three most abundant native tree species (Astronium graveolens, Croton floribundus and Piptadenia gonoacantha) from remnants of Semideciduous Atlantic Forest, which was surrounded by numerous industries, intense road traffic and agricultural lands in Southeast Brazil. They concluded that A. graveolens was the most appropriate species to discriminate spatial variations and the forest closer to the industrial area was distinguished from the others by Mn and Ni from oil burning.…”

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Occurrence of Trace Heavy Metals in Leaves of Urban Greening Plants in Fuxin, Northeast China: Spatial Distribution & Plant Purification Assessment

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Trace element analysis, in the leaves of five kinds of greening plants (Buxus, Picea, Pine, Juniperus and Platycladus) from eight uniform distribution sites in Fuxin, a typical traditional resource-based city in northeast China, was carried out to study the purification ability difference of urban greening plants and spatial distribution tendency of heavy metal elements in the whole city area. In terms of the purification ability analysis, Platycladus had a better environmental purification capacity for Cd, As, Pb and Cr. Juniperus also showed a certain environmental purification potential for As, Pb and Cu. Furthermore, Mn has the highest point mean of element content in all plants, ranging from 64.044–114.290 µg/g, and the MnPA content of Buxus and Juniperus was 60% higher than that of the other three plants, which showed a better Mn purification effect. In terms of the spatial distribution tendency analysis, point pollution source location and the urban climate factors (mainly for the wind factor) were the main controlling factors. However, the specificity of Mn distribution suggested that its polluting behavior had a close relation with minerals transportation during exploiting and transferring in the city’s coal mining industry in the past.

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Section: Species Differences In Trace Element Contentsmentioning

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Occurrence of Trace Heavy Metals in Leaves of Urban Greening Plants in Fuxin, Northeast China: Spatial Distribution & Plant Purification Assessment

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“…The elemental components of PM deposited on leaf surfaces were also affected by the different pollution levels. It has been shown that elements of anthropogenic origin (i.e., Cd, Pb, Cu, As, Cr, and Ni) are related to the transport, fuel combustion, and industrial processes [38][39][40], while other elements such as Al, Si, Fe, Ca, and Mn come from natural dust resuspension processes [41,42]. However, the influence of different pollution levels on leaf functional traits and PM retention ability remains inconclusive.…”

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Particulate Matter and Trace Metal Retention Capacities of Six Tree Species: Implications for Improving Urban Air Quality

Zhang

Liu²,

Wang³

et al. 2022

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As effective filters for natural particulate matter (PM), plants play an important role in the reduction of PM, thus improving air quality. However, research on the relationship between leaf functional traits and PM retention capacity in different polluted environments remains limited. In this study, six tree species (Abies holophylla, Pinus tabuliformis, Juniperus chinensis, Populus berolinensis, Salix babylonica, Robinia pseudoacacia) in Shenyang city, China were selected as research objects to analyze their PM retention capacity in three different polluted environments (i.e., a busy road, an industrial area of the urban center, and a green space). Additionally, we determined the composition of trace elements associated with the different polluted environments; we also evaluated the impact of different polluted environments on leaf surface traits. The results showed that the actual amounts of PM and trace elements that accumulated on leaf surfaces differed considerably between pollution sites and plant species. The greatest accumulation of PM10 and PM2.5 deposited on the leaves of tested plants was at a traffic-related pollution site and the smallest accumulation was at a park site. There were significant differences in the PM10 and PM2.5 retention capacities of leaves among the different tree species (p < 0.05), in the following order: Abies holophylla > Pinus tabuliformis > Juniperus chinensis > Populus berolinensis > Salix babylonica > Robinia pseudoacacia. The average PM10 and PM2.5 accumulation amounts of Abies holophylla were 1.28–8.74 times higher than these of the other plants (p < 0.05). Trace element analysis showed that the elemental composition of PM accumulated on leaf surfaces was location-dependent. In conclusion, a highly polluted environment can increase the average groove width, stomatal density, and roughness compared to a low-polluted environment. In contrast, the average value of contact angle is higher at low-pollution sites than at other sites. These results suggest that Abies holophylla is the most suitable greening tree species and that its widespread use could significantly reduce PM pollution in urban environments.

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Effects of heavy metals and high temperature on Atlantic Forest species: Analysis of their tolerance capacity

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Calixto,

Nakazato

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Trace element leaf accumulation in native trees from the remaining Semideciduous Atlantic Forest in Brazil

Cited by 5 publications

References 37 publications

Occurrence of Trace Heavy Metals in Leaves of Urban Greening Plants in Fuxin, Northeast China: Spatial Distribution & Plant Purification Assessment

Occurrence of Trace Heavy Metals in Leaves of Urban Greening Plants in Fuxin, Northeast China: Spatial Distribution & Plant Purification Assessment

Particulate Matter and Trace Metal Retention Capacities of Six Tree Species: Implications for Improving Urban Air Quality

Effects of heavy metals and high temperature on Atlantic Forest species: Analysis of their tolerance capacity

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