ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN PLANTAGO MAJOR GROWN IN URBAN AND POST-INDUSTRIAL AREAS

Levente  LEVEI; Enikő  KOVÁCS; Maria-Alexandra  RESZ (HOAGHIA); Alexandru  OZUNU

doi:10.24193/subbchem.2018.1.07

ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN PLANTAGO MAJOR GROWN IN URBAN AND POST-INDUSTRIAL AREAS

Authors

Levente LEVEI INCDO-INOE 2000 Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: levente.levei@icia.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3221-0056
Enikő KOVÁCS INCDO-INOE 2000 Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: eniko.kovacs@icia.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-0923
Maria-Alexandra RESZ (HOAGHIA) INCDO-INOE 2000 Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Corresponding author: alexandru.ozunu@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5903-1491
Alexandru OZUNU Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai University; Research Institute for Sustainability and Disaster Management Based on High Performance Computing (ISUMADECIP), Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: alexandru.ozunu@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9634-0787

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2018.1.07

Keywords:

Plantago major, heavy metal, soil, enrichment factor

Abstract

The enrichment and accumulation of heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Ni) in Plantago major leafs was comparatively studied in an urban (Cluj-Napoca) and a post-industrial area (Baia-Mare) from Romania. These two sites were selected for study as in Cluj-Napoca, the dominant metal pollution sources are related to traffic, urban runoff, residential heating and municipal landfill, while in Baia-Mare the main pollution sources are the former ore processing activities and the remaining metal rich mining wastes. The average concentrations of Zn and Pb were higher in the soils collected from the post-industrial area, while the Cr and Ni in those from the urban area. The Cu, Cd, Cr and Ni in plantain leafs were comparable in both areas, while Pb and Zn were higher in the post-industrial area. Based on the enrichment factor and the metal accumulation index, plantain was found to be tolerant to high metal contents and moderate accumulator of Cu and Zn.

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STUDIA UBB CHEMIA, Volume 63 (LXIII), No. 1, March 2018

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2018-03-30

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LEVEI, L. ., KOVÁCS, E. ., RESZ (HOAGHIA), M.-A. ., & OZUNU, A. . (2018). ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS IN PLANTAGO MAJOR GROWN IN URBAN AND POST-INDUSTRIAL AREAS. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Chemia, 63(1), 87–98. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2018.1.07