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Tree Bark as a Bioindicator of Atmospheric Contamination by Heavy Metals According to Vehicular Traffic Intensity in El Tambo, Huancayo, Peru

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Tree bark is an excellent bioindicator of atmospheric heavy metal contamination. This study aims to determine heavy metals from tree bark in El Tambo, Huancayo, Peru. Salix babylonica, Populus nigra, Senna multiglandulosa, and Schinus molle bark samples were taken in 2021 and analyzed through Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy. Results show heavy metals concentrations (mg.kg−1) of Zn (195.92 ± 125.97) > Pb (24.45 ± 15.57) > Cu (23.39 ± 11.01) > Cr (2.43 ± 1.13) > Cd (1.77 ± 3.06) > Ni (1.01 ± 0.70). The highest contamination levels were by Zn, Pb, and Cu, and the lowest by Cr, Cd, and Ni. The average concentration due to vehicular traffic intensity was Zn > Cu > Pb > Cr > Cd > Ni. Cr reveals higher concentration at high traffic levels; Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn at moderate, and Cd at low levels. Schinus molle showed the highest concentration of Ni, Populus nigra of Cr, and Salix babylonica of Zn and Cd. The lowest concentrations of all metals were found in Senna multiglandulosa. This and Salix babylonica are bioindicators of Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn, the first report for the world on bark in Fabaceae and Salicaceae species.

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To Hernán Baltazar Castañeda, Ph.D., Research Professor of Universidad Nacional del Centro del Peru (UNCP) for his valuable contribution in the statistical analysis and writing of the manuscript. Many thanks to the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sciences of UNCP for granting us access to the Biodiversity and Forest Management Laboratory equipment.

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    Neddy Milka Baltazar Sedano, Andrea Jesús Schwartz Valverde & Alexis Jeanpeer Guerreros Chiri

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Baltazar Sedano, N.M., Schwartz Valverde, A.J., Guerreros Chiri, A.J., Camargo Hinostroza, S.D. (2023). Tree Bark as a Bioindicator of Atmospheric Contamination by Heavy Metals According to Vehicular Traffic Intensity in El Tambo, Huancayo, Peru. In: Anderson, J.T. (eds) Advances in Environmental Sustainability. ICOAER 2022. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26365-1_1

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