Pine needles and pollen grains of Pinus mugo Turra - A
biomonitoring tool in high mountain habitats identifying
environmental contamination

J 2016

Pine needles and pollen grains of Pinus mugo Turra - A biomonitoring tool in high mountain habitats identifying environmental contamination

CHROPEŇOVÁ, Mária, Eva KLEMMOVÁ GREGUŠKOVÁ, Pavlína KARÁSKOVÁ, Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ, Petr KUKUČKA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Pine needles and pollen grains of Pinus mugo Turra - A biomonitoring tool in high mountain habitats identifying environmental contamination

Authors

CHROPEŇOVÁ, Mária (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Eva KLEMMOVÁ GREGUŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavlína KARÁSKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr KUKUČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Daniela BARÁKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Pavel ČUPR (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Ecological Indicators, AMSTERDAM (NETHERLANDS), ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2016, 1470-160X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30304 Public and environmental health

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.898

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00087652

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.01.004

UT WoS

000388912300013

Keywords in English

Pine needles; Pinus mugo Turra; High mountain habitats; Pollen grains; POPs; Lead

Abstract

V originále

Pinus mugo Turra is a typical pine tree from mountain habitats. It is ideal as a bioindicator for air quality monitoring, but, to the best of our knowledge, has never been implemented to determine organic compound concentrations. This study presents the initial methodology for the use of pine needles to measure contamination levels and evaluate genotoxicity potentials caused by long-range transport of pollutants at sites in the Slovak mountains in comparison to an industrial urban area. Pinus mugo needles have many positive attributes, particularly the five-year lifetime of needles compared with other species of pine. Pine needles were analyzed for POP compounds (PCBs, OCPs, PBDEs), PAHs, PFCs and lead. A pollen grain abortion assay with Pinus mugo species was also tested as a method to identify contamination of high mountain habitats. The concentration of organic compounds increased proportionally with needle age. Concentrations along the mountain transect were heavily influenced by atmospheric transport and proximity to potential sources of contamination from industry and residential areas from north and south of the mountain. The slope exposure direction had a large impact on concentrations of PBDEs (mainly for BDE 209). High concentrations of PFCs were discovered near a ski resort, where the use of these substances is high due to fluorinated ski waxes and personal outdoor clothing. A positive correlation between pollen grain abortivity and elevation was observed, with the strongest effect on pollutants at the top of the mountains. The results showed the highest genotoxicity at the site near a pulp mill (Zilina), where the frequency of abortive pollen grains was 3.1 times higher than at the control site. It can be concluded that Pinus mugo is a suitable bioindicator species for assessment of long-term trends of atmospheric contamination in high mountain habitats.

Links

CZ/FMP/16/0379, interní kód MU

Name: Needle-net

Investor: Ministry for Regional Development of the CR

CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0037, interní kód MU
(CEP code: EE2.3.30.0037)

Name: Zaměstnáním nejlepších mladých vědců k rozvoji mezinárodní spolupráce (Acronym: Postdoc II.)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 2.3 Human resources in research and development

LM2011028, research and development project

Name: RECETOX ? Národní infrastruktura pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

LO1214, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

TB010MZP057, research and development project

Name: Vývoj a realizace národní monitorovací sítě pro dlouhodobé sledování obsahu perzistentních organických polutantů ve volném ovzduší České republiky metodou pasivního vzorkování. MONETPOP (Acronym: MONETPOP)

Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Citovat

CHROPEŇOVÁ, Mária, Eva KLEMMOVÁ GREGUŠKOVÁ, Pavlína KARÁSKOVÁ, Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ, Petr KUKUČKA, Daniela BARÁKOVÁ and Pavel ČUPR. Pine needles and pollen grains of Pinus mugo Turra - A biomonitoring tool in high mountain habitats identifying environmental contamination. Ecological Indicators. AMSTERDAM (NETHERLANDS): ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2016, vol. 66, July, p. 132-142. ISSN 1470-160X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.01.004.

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CHROPEŇOVÁ, Mária, Eva KLEMMOVÁ GREGUŠKOVÁ, Pavlína KARÁSKOVÁ, Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ, Petr KUKUČKA, Daniela BARÁKOVÁ and Pavel ČUPR. Pine needles and pollen grains of Pinus mugo Turra - A biomonitoring tool in high mountain habitats identifying environmental contamination. \textit{Ecological Indicators}. AMSTERDAM (NETHERLANDS): ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2016, vol.~66, July, p.~132-142. ISSN~1470-160X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.01.004.

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