title: Necrotic bark of common pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) as a bioindicator of environmental quality.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the pH and the concentration of lead, cadmium, nickel, copper and zinc in aqueous extracts of necrotic bark Pinus sylvestris L. and in adjacent soil, located in two types of forest habitat in different parts in the Niepołomice Forest in southern Poland. The Niepołomice Forest is located about 35 km east of an urban-industrial agglomeration Kraków. Despite the lack of significant differences in pine bark reaction studied, there was a clear difference in contamination of both bark and soil with heavy metals. There was a correlation between the distribution of pollutants in the forest, and the direction of the prevailing winds. More heavy metals were accumulated in the pine bark and soil from the west than the east. The high content of lead, zinc, cadmium and copper in the soils most likely results from the inflow of gas and dust pollutants from the urban-industrial agglomeration of Kraków.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Wildlife Research and Ecotourism, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Krakow, ul. Podbrzezie 3, 31-084, Krakow, Poland, annachrzn871@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chrzan
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D041605:Pinus sylvestris / Q000737:chemistry*; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry*; D011044:Poland; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc
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