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| Autor(es): |
Moreira, Tiana C. L.
[1]
;
Amato-Lourenco, Luis F.
[1]
;
da Silva, Gisela T.
[2]
;
Saldiva de Andre, Carmen D.
[2]
;
de Andre, Paulo A.
[1]
;
Barrozo, Ligia V.
[3]
;
Singer, Julio M.
[2]
;
Saldiva, Paulo H. N.
[4, 1]
;
Saiki, Mitiko
[5]
;
Locosselli, Giuliano M.
[6, 1]
Número total de Autores: 10
|
| Afiliação do(s) autor(es): | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Patol, Fac Med, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Matemat & Estat, Dept Estat, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Filosofia Letras & Ciencias Humanas, Dept Geog, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Estudos Avancados, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Comissao Nacl Energia Nucl, Inst Pesquisas Energet & Nucl, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[6] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 6
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; v. 6, JUL 13 2018. |
| Citações Web of Science: | 4 |
| Resumo | |
The analysis of chemical elements in the barks of trees is an alternative procedure to access spatial heterogeneity of traffic related air pollution. However, the role of tree species in the characterization of the variability of airborne pollution is poorly known. We present an observational study conducted in Sao Paulo, Brazil, based on the analysis of 498 trees from three common species: Tipuana tipu, Poincianella pluviosa, and Ligustrum sp.. We considered ANCOVA models to compare the concentrations of Al, Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ba, and Sin the bark (periderm) of trees located close to streets with different levels of traffic intensity controlling for the extension of nearby green areas. The expected trend of increasing elemental concentration in the bark of trees located near streets with greater traffic intensity or close to smaller green areas was only fully evidenced by T. tipu. For instance, the concentrations of Zn, Fe, Al, and Ba increase by 200, 350, 230, and 280% respectively, for trees of this species located near arterial streets when compared to those observed near local streets. On the other hand, the concentrations of Zn, Fe, Al, and Ba are reduced by 41, 45, 50, and 30%, respectively, for trees located near green areas. For P. pluviosa, the capacity to suggest an association between the tree bark concentration of chemical elements with increasing levels of air pollution and presence of green areas was only fully observed for Zn and Cu. For Ligustrum sp., weaker and sometimes non-expected associations between bark concentrations of the chemical elements and either street classification or green area extension were observed. Our results indicate that the choice of species is a key element in the use of tree barks as a biomonitoring tool in urban landscapes. Species like T. tipu, with rough and highly porous bark, are the most appropriate for such purpose. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 13/21728-2 - Uso de modernas técnicas de autópsia na investigação de doenças humanas (MODAU) |
| Beneficiário: | Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático |
| Processo FAPESP: | 14/19201-9 - Determinação das concentrações de metais traço provenientes de deposições atmosféricas em hortas urbanas comunitárias na cidade de São Paulo |
| Beneficiário: | Luís Fernando Amato Lourenço |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado Direto |
| Processo FAPESP: | 15/25511-3 - Reconstrução do clima e da poluição baseada nos registros de anéis de crescimento de árvores urbanas |
| Beneficiário: | Giuliano Maselli Locosselli |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado |