FEATURES OF ADSORPTION OF PARTICULATE MATTER BY NEEDLES AND LEAVES OF TREES IN IRKUTSK URBAN FORESTS

T. A. Mikhailova; Михайлова Т. А.; O. V. Shergina; Шергина О. В.; A. S. Mironova; Миронова А. С.

doi:10.31857/S0006813623050071

FEATURES OF ADSORPTION OF PARTICULATE MATTER BY NEEDLES AND LEAVES OF TREES IN IRKUTSK URBAN FORESTS

Authors: Mikhailova T.A.¹, Shergina O.V.¹, Mironova A.S.¹
Affiliations:
1. Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Siberian Branch of RAS
Issue: Vol 108, No 5 (2023)
Pages: 455-472
Section: СООБЩЕНИЯ
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0006-8136/article/view/134523
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0006813623050071
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/YZKCGI
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The pollution of natural forests preserved on the territory of the Irkutsk city was studied in terms of the level of adsorption of aerosol particles (particulate matter, PM_x) by main forest-forming species of woody plants. The needles of Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.), as well as leaves of Silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) were sampled on the laid test plots to study their sorption capacity in relation to PM_x. Using the methods of scanning electron microscopy and X-ray spectral microanalysis, a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and chemical composition of aerosol particles on the surface of needles and leaves was shown. The adsorbed PM_x particles were found to contain carbon, silicon, sulfur, calcium, phosphorus, chlorine, and magnesium in the greatest amount; a significant proportion of heavy metals present in the form of metallized particle accumulations, in which the metal content can reach 80%. It has been shown that aerosol particles actively penetrate needle/leaf tissues through stomata and cuticle, damaging them. With a high level of pollution by PM_x, complete clogging of the stomata and heavy destruction of dermal tissues are often observed. The high level of adsorption of particulate matter by needles and leaves of trees indicates a high cleaning capacity of urban forests. At the same time, pollution with PM_x particles has a powerful negative effect on physiological and biochemical processes of a tree organism, which is manifested in a sharp violation of the parameters of photosynthesis, transpiration, and inhibition of growth processes.

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urban forests, particulate matter adsorption, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray spectral microanalysis, chemical composition of PM_x, physiological, biochemical and morphostructural disturbances of trees, Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia

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