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http://dx.doi.org/10.14249/eia.2016.25.6.532

Applicability test of broad leaf samples stored at the NESB for biomonitoring of airborne pollutants  

Lee, Jongchun (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lee, Jangho (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Park, Jong-Hyouk (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lee, Eugene (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Shim, Kyuyoung (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Jang, Heeyon (Natural Environment Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.25, no.6, 2016 , pp. 532-541 More about this Journal
Abstract
The National Environmental Specimen Bank (NESB) has been collecting broad leave samples to monitor environmental pollution from five different designated sampling areas. In order to ensure the reproducibility and comparability of the results, all the procedures from selecting trees and pooling leaves to make the representative sample are defined in the standard operation procedures(the SOP). The representative samples were subjected to the chemical analyses for some heavy minerals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons(PAHs). The uncertainty levels involved in each step of the SOP, that is, the sampling and the chemical analysis, were derived using the Robust ANOVA, which enables the relative comparison among the different levels of pollutants concentrations with confidence. Furthermore, the effect of the varying degrees of precipitation on the pollutants concentration of the leaves was also examined. Overall, the biological difference estimated from the duplicate samples was found to exceed the variation across the site, implying even aerial deposition over site. Samples from Gwanak Mt. showed highest heavy metal concentrations than the other sites. Washing off effect of the pollutants adhering in the form of particles on the leaf surface was found to be affected by the cumulative precipitation.
Keywords
Standard Operation Procedures; Measurement Uncertainty; Washing off Effect;
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