Lead adsorption capacity of some moss species used for heavy metal analysis

Koz B., ÇEVİK U.

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, cilt.36, ss.491-494, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.08.018
  • Dergi Adı: ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.491-494
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Moss, Biomonitoring, Lead, Adsorption capacity, Heavy metal, PARTICULATE POLLUTION, SPATIAL VARIATION, DEPOSITION, TURKEY, PARTICLES
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Mosses, covering about 23,000 species of all land plants in the world, have been widely used as an indicator of heavy metal pollution in many studies. A crucial part in these researches is to regularize the adsorption capacities of different moss species obtained from different regions to objectively compare the pollution levels. In this study, we have first analyzed the lead adsorption capacities of six different moss species by means of using column filled with Amberlite XAD-2000 resin method. The adsorption capacities of the studied six mosses are found in descending order as Eurhynchium striatum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Pleurozium schreberi, Eurhynchium striatulum, Homalothecium sericeum and Thuidium tamariscinum. Then, we have regularized the Pb adsorption levels for the moss species obtained from different regions along one of the important coast highway in Turkey, namely Sarp-Samsun highway, with respect to the determined adsorption capacities. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.