Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban Habitats
Trees are especially useful biological indicators. We tested the suitability of tree leaves (Common Lime) to assess PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub> deposition in the three summer months of 2018 in Debrecen city, Hungary. We also tested the usefulness of the cheap and simpl...
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| description | Trees are especially useful biological indicators. We tested the suitability of tree leaves (Common Lime) to assess PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub> deposition in the three summer months of 2018 in Debrecen city, Hungary. We also tested the usefulness of the cheap and simple gravimetric method to assess the PM deposition, and compared to the expensive, but standard laser diffraction method. We found significant differences between the concentrations of PM<sub>10</sub> deposited on tree leaves, and on dust traps. A significant difference was found in the concentration of PM<sub>5</sub> only in July. A significant difference was also found in the concentration of PM<sub>10</sub> among months based on leaves and dust traps. For PM<sub>5</sub> there was a significant difference among months based on leaves deposition. We found a significant positive correlation between the PM<sub>10</sub> concentration deposited on leaves and on dust traps. A positive correlation was found between the concentration of PM based on the gravimetric and laser diffraction measurement methods. Our findings pointed out the particulate material’s washing by rain from leaves; thus, dust deposition on the surface of leaves is limited. Our results demonstrated that trees play an important role in the mitigation of air pollution, and they are a useful indicator of PM deposition for biomonitoring studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7dc7c0c69a3d4cacb2c70e3fd1670a372023-11-20T02:02:53ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332020-05-0111655910.3390/atmos11060559Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban HabitatsEdina Simon0Vanda Éva Molnár1Béla Tóthmérész2Szilárd Szabó3Department of Ecology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryDepartment of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryMTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryDepartment of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, HungaryTrees are especially useful biological indicators. We tested the suitability of tree leaves (Common Lime) to assess PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub> deposition in the three summer months of 2018 in Debrecen city, Hungary. We also tested the usefulness of the cheap and simple gravimetric method to assess the PM deposition, and compared to the expensive, but standard laser diffraction method. We found significant differences between the concentrations of PM<sub>10</sub> deposited on tree leaves, and on dust traps. A significant difference was found in the concentration of PM<sub>5</sub> only in July. A significant difference was also found in the concentration of PM<sub>10</sub> among months based on leaves and dust traps. For PM<sub>5</sub> there was a significant difference among months based on leaves deposition. We found a significant positive correlation between the PM<sub>10</sub> concentration deposited on leaves and on dust traps. A positive correlation was found between the concentration of PM based on the gravimetric and laser diffraction measurement methods. Our findings pointed out the particulate material’s washing by rain from leaves; thus, dust deposition on the surface of leaves is limited. Our results demonstrated that trees play an important role in the mitigation of air pollution, and they are a useful indicator of PM deposition for biomonitoring studies.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/6/559air pollutionfoliage dustdeposited dusturbanizationurban healthenvironmental assessment |
| spellingShingle | Edina Simon Vanda Éva Molnár Béla Tóthmérész Szilárd Szabó Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban Habitats Atmosphere air pollution foliage dust deposited dust urbanization urban health environmental assessment |
| title | Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban Habitats |
| title_full | Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban Habitats |
| title_fullStr | Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban Habitats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban Habitats |
| title_short | Ecological Assessment of Particulate Material (PM<sub>5</sub> and PM<sub>10</sub>) in Urban Habitats |
| title_sort | ecological assessment of particulate material pm sub 5 sub and pm sub 10 sub in urban habitats |
| topic | air pollution foliage dust deposited dust urbanization urban health environmental assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/6/559 |
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