Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests

© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).

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Autores: Cuciurean, Cosmin Ilie, Sidor, Cristian Gheorghe, Camarero, Jesús Julio, Buculei, Amelia, Badea, Ovidiu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/361982
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/361982
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Industrial pollution
Heavy metals
Dendrochemistry
Norway spruce
Silver fir
Tree
Ring wood
Polluted area
Unpolluted area
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spelling Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forestsCuciurean, Cosmin IlieSidor, Cristian GheorgheCamarero, Jesús JulioBuculei, AmeliaBadea, OvidiuIndustrial pollutionHeavy metalsDendrochemistryNorway spruceSilver firTreeRing woodPolluted areaUnpolluted area© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).The impact of air pollution on forests, especially in urban areas, has been increasingly discussed recently. Many pollutants, including heavy metals, are released into the atmosphere from various sources, such as mining, non-ferrous metal processing plants, and fossil fuel combustion. These pollutants can adversely affect not only tree growth but also other species, including humans. This study compared the concentrations of several elements in tree-ring wood from two conifer species (Silver fir, Abies alba; Norway spruce, Picea abies) growing in polluted and unpolluted areas. Two regions in northern Romania (Bicaz and Tarnița) that were subjected to historical pollution changes were selected. Two chemical analyses were used: inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF). The silver fir trees from the intensively polluted area in the Tarnița region were negatively impacted by industrial pollution: the Mn concentrations were, on average, three times higher in polluted areas than in unpolluted areas (ca. 30 vs. 10 mg kg−1). This finding was consistent for both ICP-MS and XRF analyses. However, in Norway spruce, this difference was found only in the XRF data, which detected Mn concentrations seven times higher in trees from polluted areas than those from unpolluted areas (ca. 700 vs. 100 mg kg−1). In the Tarnița region, Norway spruce accumulated more heavy metals than silver fir, but the most pronounced differences between polluted and unpolluted areas were found in silver fir. The two analytical methods are commonly used to determine metal concentrations in wood, and they complement each other, with ICP-MS having a low detection limit for some elements and XRF having higher detection limits and better accuracy. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, and the optimal method depends on many factors, such as the type of heavy metal analyzed, its concentration in wood, sample type, cost, analysis time, and sample preparation.This research was funded by Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization within the Project IDs PN 23090303, PN 19070104, PN 23090204 and CresPerfInst project (contract no. 34PFE/December 30, 2021).Peer reviewedElsevierMinistry of Research, Innovation and Digitization (Romania)Camarero, Jesús Julio [0000-0003-2436-2922]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/361982reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésThe underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118884https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118884Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3619822026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
title Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
spellingShingle Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
Cuciurean, Cosmin Ilie
Industrial pollution
Heavy metals
Dendrochemistry
Norway spruce
Silver fir
Tree
Ring wood
Polluted area
Unpolluted area
title_short Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
title_full Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
title_fullStr Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
title_full_unstemmed Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
title_sort Detecting changes in industrial pollution by analyzing heavy metal concentrations in tree-ring wood from Romanian conifer forests
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cuciurean, Cosmin Ilie
Sidor, Cristian Gheorghe
Camarero, Jesús Julio
Buculei, Amelia
Badea, Ovidiu
author Cuciurean, Cosmin Ilie
author_facet Cuciurean, Cosmin Ilie
Sidor, Cristian Gheorghe
Camarero, Jesús Julio
Buculei, Amelia
Badea, Ovidiu
author_role author
author2 Sidor, Cristian Gheorghe
Camarero, Jesús Julio
Buculei, Amelia
Badea, Ovidiu
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization (Romania)
Camarero, Jesús Julio [0000-0003-2436-2922]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Industrial pollution
Heavy metals
Dendrochemistry
Norway spruce
Silver fir
Tree
Ring wood
Polluted area
Unpolluted area
topic Industrial pollution
Heavy metals
Dendrochemistry
Norway spruce
Silver fir
Tree
Ring wood
Polluted area
Unpolluted area
description © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).
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