Using Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata in environmental pollution research in an urban area of Southern Poland.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to perform a complex assessment of changes in the elements of an ecosystem that are caused by environmental pollution in industrial and urban biotopes. The study focused on three sites: a park, a road and the site of the metallurgical plant "Pokój" in the city of Ruda Śląska (Southern Poland), which are each under a different level of anthropogenic load. Soil and plant material samples (Plantago major and Plantago lanceolata leaves) were investigated by performing biochemical, ecophysiological and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses. A significant difference was observed in all of the study samples. The content of Pb, Zn and Cd in the soil samples that had been collected at the site of the metallurgical plant exceeded the permitted limits (Cd > 4 mg kg

SUBMITTER: Skrynetska I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667404 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature