Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2010-09, Vol.85 (3), p.251-255
2010
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Influence of Environmental Pollution on Leaf Properties of Urban Plane Trees, Platanus orientalis L
- Ist Teil von
- Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2010-09, Vol.85 (3), p.251-255
- Ort / Verlag
- New York: New York : Springer-Verlag
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2010
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- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- To investigate whether leaves of plane trees (Platanus orientalis) are damaged by traffic pollution, trees from a megacity (Mashhad, Iran) and a rural area were investigated. Soil and air from the urban centre showed enrichment of several toxic elements, but only lead was enriched in leaves. Leaf size and stomata density were lower at the urban site. At the urban site leaf surfaces were heavily loaded by dust particles but the stomata were not occluded; the cuticle was thinner; other anatomical properties were unaffected suggesting that plane trees can cope with traffic exhaust in megacities.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0007-4861eISSN: 1432-0800DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0047-4Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2929435
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- Air Pollutants - toxicity, Air pollution, Aquatic Pollution, Earth and Environmental Science, Ecotoxicology, Enrichment, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Health, Environmental Monitoring, Ferns - cytology, Ferns - drug effects, Ferns - metabolism, Filtering, Heavy metal, Leaf anatomy, Leaves, Particulate Matter - metabolism, Particulate Matter - toxicity, Planes, Plant Leaves - cytology, Plant Leaves - drug effects, Plant Leaves - metabolism, Plant Stomata - drug effects, Plant Stomata - physiology, Plant Stomata - ultrastructure, Platanus orientalis, Pollution, Pollution abatement, Rural areas, Soil Science & Conservation, Traffic engineering, Traffic flow, Trees, Trees - cytology, Trees - drug effects, Trees - metabolism, Urban areas, Vehicle emissions, Waste Water Technology, Water Management, Water Pollution Control