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- Title
Impacts of atmospheric copper and cadmium deposition on the metal accumulation of camphor leaves and rings around a large smelter.
- Authors
Cui, Hongbiao; Hu, Kaixin; Zhao, Yingjie; Zhang, Wei; Zhu, Zhenqiu; Liang, Jiani; Li, Detian; Zhou, Jing; Zhou, Jun
- Abstract
The atmospheric deposition of copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) was monitored in eight sites around a Cu smelter with similar distance to verify whether tree leaf and ring can be used as bio-indicators to track spatial pollution record. Results showed that total atmospheric deposition of Cu (103–1215 mg/m2/year) and Cd (3.57–11.2 mg/m2/year) were 4.73–66.6 and 3.15–12.2 times higher than those in background site (164 mg/m2/year and 0.93 mg/m2/year). The frequencies of wind directions significantly influenced the atmospheric deposition of Cu and Cd, and the highest atmospheric deposition of Cu and Cd were at the prevalent northeastern wind (JN), and low frequency south (WJ) and north (SW) winds for the lowest deposition fluxes. Since the bioavailability of Cd was higher than that of Cu, the atmospheric deposition of Cd was more easily adsorbed by tree leaf and ring, resulting in only significant relation between atmospheric Cd deposition and Cinnamomum camphora leaves and tree ring Cd. Although tree rings cannot correctly record the atmospheric Cu and Cd deposition, higher concentrations in the indigenous tree rings than the transplanted tree rings suggested that tree rings can reflect to some extent the variations of atmospheric deposition. Generally, spatial pollution of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals cannot reflect the distribution of soil total and available metals around the smelter, and only camphor leaf and tree ring can bio-indicate Cd deposition. A major implication of these findings is that leaf and tree ring can serve for biomonitoring purposes to assess the spatial distribution of atmospheric deposition metal with high bioavailability around a pollution source with similar distance.
- Subjects
COPPER; TREE-rings; ATMOSPHERIC deposition; ATMOSPHERIC nitrogen; CADMIUM; AIR pollution; SMELTING furnaces
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 29, p73548
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-023-27675-x