Balabanova, Biljana and Stafilov, Trajče and Baceva, Katerina and Sajn, Robert (2009) Atmospheric pollution with copper around the copper mine and flotation, Bučim,Republic of Macedonia, using biomonitoring moss and lichen technique. Geologica Macedonica, 23. pp. 35-41. ISSN 0352 – 1206
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Abstract
A b s t r a c t: This paper has studied the atmospheric pollution with copper due to copper mining and flotation
“Bučim” near Radoviš, Republic of Macedonia. The copper ore and ore tailings continually are exposed to open air,
which occur winds carry out the fine particles in to atmosphere. Moss (Hyloconium splendens and Pleurozium schrebery)
and lichen (Hypogymnia physodes and Parmelia sulcata) samples were used for biomonitoring the possible atmospheric
pollution with copper in the mine vicinity. Moss and lichen samples were digested by using of microwave
digestion system and copper was analyzed by atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma (ICPAES).
The obtained values for the content of copper in moss and lichen samples were statistically processed using the
nonparametric and parametric analysis. Maps of areal deposition of copper show an increase content of copper in the
vicinity of mine, but long distance distribution of this element is not established yet.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Natural sciences > Chemical sciences Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences Agricultural Sciences > Other agricultural sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Agriculture |
| Depositing User: | Biljana Balabanova |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2014 12:03 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2014 12:03 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/11260 |
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