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Significance of Leaf Surface of Urban Trees to Monitor Airborne Particle Pollutants Nearby Superphosphate Fertilizer Plant

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Atmospheric Sciences
Bioremediation
Implications of Urbanism

Abstract

Three common tree species in the areas nearby Assiut Superphosphate Fertilizer Plant were selected to monitor the airborne particle pollutants along the physical year 2009-2010. The relative percentage value of the leaf deposit particles depends on the interaction between seasons, sites and tree species, where highly significant effects (P<0.001) were recorded in between. Morphological analysis by SEM of the leaf deposit confirms the presence of different particle species of PM2.5, PM10 and PM50. Quantitatively, PM2.5 dominated other particle types, reflecting the importance of the anthropogenic source, like Superphosphate Fertilizers Plant emission, in the air pollution status prevailing in the study area. The chemical analysis of the leaf particulate deposits exhibited a significant correlation with chemic indicator species to the fertilizers manufacture, where the particulate mass of the leaf deposit samples showed correlation with foliar Fe (r = 0.542), Cd (r = 0.528), Ca (0.805) and PO4 (r = 0.605), reflecting the possibility of using tree species as bio-monitors for the air particulate matter pollution.

DOI

10.21608/jesj.2010.185315

Keywords

Airborne particle, Pollutants, superphosphate fertilizer, Urban trees

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El-Khatib

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

Email

aaelkhatib@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

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First Name

Abdel-Raheem

Last Name

El-Shanawany

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt.

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City

Assiut

Orcid

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First Name

El-Sayed

Last Name

El-Amery,

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University-Assiut, Egypt.

Email

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City

Assiut

Orcid

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Volume

5

Article Issue

1

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26753

Issue Date

2010-12-01

Receive Date

2010-08-17

Publish Date

2010-12-20

Page Start

57

Page End

67

Print ISSN

2314-5579

Online ISSN

2682-3942

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https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/article_185315.html

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6

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High quality original papers

Type Code

1,869

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Studies

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https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

23 Jan 2023