Use of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) as bioindicators of spatial variations and origin determination of metal pollution in Serbia
Abstract
Honeybees have been proposed and used as bioindicators for the last few decades, because of their nature. Until now they have mostly been used to determine the present pollution and to distinguish the differences between the sampling locations and the sampling periods. With the use of multivariate statistical methods honeybees can also be used to distinguish the origin of this pollution. In this study the concentrations of Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Sr and Zn were measured in the bodies of adult honeybees collected from nine different apiaries in Serbia. With the help of the statistical methods it was established that the least polluted area was the one that has no industrial activities or the intense traffic nearby. The most polluted was the urban region, followed by a region close to thermal power plants and ash disposal site. Using PCA and CA the origin of the analyzed metals were proposed. It was suggested that Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn and Ni have ant...hropogenic origin mainly from the intensive agriculture, traffic and coal combustion.
Keywords:
biomonitoring / honeybees / metal / pollution / PCA / CASource:
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2018, 83, 6, 773-784Publisher:
- Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade
Funding / projects:
- Geochemical investigations of sedimentary rocks - fossil fuels and environmental pollutants (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-176006)
Note:
- Supplementary material: http://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3312
DOI: 10.2298/JSC171110018Z
ISSN: 0352-5139
WoS: 000437822100009
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85048176249
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Hemijski fakultet / Faculty of ChemistryTY - JOUR AU - Zarić, Nenad M. AU - Ilijević, Konstantin AU - Stanisavljević, Ljubiša AU - Gržetić, Ivan PY - 2018 UR - https://cherry.chem.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2179 AB - Honeybees have been proposed and used as bioindicators for the last few decades, because of their nature. Until now they have mostly been used to determine the present pollution and to distinguish the differences between the sampling locations and the sampling periods. With the use of multivariate statistical methods honeybees can also be used to distinguish the origin of this pollution. In this study the concentrations of Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Sr and Zn were measured in the bodies of adult honeybees collected from nine different apiaries in Serbia. With the help of the statistical methods it was established that the least polluted area was the one that has no industrial activities or the intense traffic nearby. The most polluted was the urban region, followed by a region close to thermal power plants and ash disposal site. Using PCA and CA the origin of the analyzed metals were proposed. It was suggested that Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn and Ni have anthropogenic origin mainly from the intensive agriculture, traffic and coal combustion. PB - Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade T2 - Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society T1 - Use of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) as bioindicators of spatial variations and origin determination of metal pollution in Serbia VL - 83 IS - 6 SP - 773 EP - 784 DO - 10.2298/JSC171110018Z ER -
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Zarić, N. M., Ilijević, K., Stanisavljević, L.,& Gržetić, I.. (2018). Use of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) as bioindicators of spatial variations and origin determination of metal pollution in Serbia. in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society Serbian Chemical Soc, Belgrade., 83(6), 773-784. https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC171110018Z
Zarić NM, Ilijević K, Stanisavljević L, Gržetić I. Use of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) as bioindicators of spatial variations and origin determination of metal pollution in Serbia. in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. 2018;83(6):773-784. doi:10.2298/JSC171110018Z .
Zarić, Nenad M., Ilijević, Konstantin, Stanisavljević, Ljubiša, Gržetić, Ivan, "Use of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) as bioindicators of spatial variations and origin determination of metal pollution in Serbia" in Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 83, no. 6 (2018):773-784, https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC171110018Z . .