Biomonitoring of Air Condition in Urban Environment (with Regard to Irkutsk, Irkutsk region in Russia)

[摘要] The paper deals with the results of investigation into the contents and distribution of cancer-causing benzo(a)pyrene in the leaves of the trees that are common in the urban environment of Irkutsk. The degree of plant pollution is determined depending on the landscape and traffic exposure, on the mode of the plant material being prepared and on its type. The methodology for landscape geochemical biomonitoring is offered to be used at the stages of sample sorting and preparation and in the statistical treatment of the analysis results obtained. The possibility to use tree leaves as biotest materials for the urban atmosphere state control is considered in the paper.

[发布机构] Department of Industrial Ecology and Life Safety, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, 83 Lermontov Street, Irkutsk; 664074, Russia^1

[学科分类] 土木及结构工程学

[关键词] Benzo(a)pyrene;Biomonitoring;Plant material;State-control;Statistical treatment;Tree leaves;Urban atmospheres;Urban environments