title: Content of Zinc and Copper in Selected Plants Growing Along a Motorway.
abstract: In 2011 a study was carried out analyzing the effects of road traffic on bioaccumulation of zinc and copper in selected species of dicotyledonous plants growing on adjacent grasslands. To do the research the plants were sampled from the 9-km-long Siedlce bypass, a part of the international route E-30. They were collected during the flowering stage, at following distances from the road: 1, 5, 10, 15 m. The content of zinc and copper was determined with the AAS method, with dry mineralisation done before. The highest concentration of the elements, regardless of the distance from the road, was found in Taraxacum spec. Among the tested plants, the lowest zinc content was in Vicia cracca, and the lowest copper content in Rumex acetosa. The limit for copper content was exceeded in Taraxacum spec. and, slightly, in Achillea millefolium growing at the roadside, closest to the roadway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Grassland and Landscape Architecture, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14 Street, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland. malinowskae@uph.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Elżbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malinowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Grassland and Landscape Architecture, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14 Street, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland. kazimierz.jankowski@uph.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Grassland and Landscape Architecture, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14 Street, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland. bwisniewska@uph.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiśniewska-Kadżajan
authors.affiliation: Department of Grassland and Landscape Architecture, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14 Street, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland. jacek.sosnowski@uph.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sosnowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Grassland and Landscape Architecture, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14 Street, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland. rk@uph.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kolczarek
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Agrometeorology and Fundamentals of Land Reclamation, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland. jolanta.jankowska@uph.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Tourism and Recreation, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland. grazyna.ciepiela@uph.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Grażyna A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ciepiela
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D011044:Poland; D031804:Rumex / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D031205:Taraxacum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development; D031306:Vicia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012989:Soil Pollutants; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc
keywords: Plants; Poland; Roadside; Selected heavy metals