Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
AIR POLLUTION INVESTIGATED BY FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY OF LEAVES
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2021
Языкрусский
  • Basyyrov Ayzat Mirkasimovich, author
  • Latypova Venera Zinnatovna, author
  • Minakova Elena Anatolevna, author
  • Khusnullin Rinas Rasikhovich, postgraduate kfu
  • Bibliographic description in the original language R R Khusnullin, E A Minakova, V Z Latipova and A M Basyyrov Air Pollution Investigated by Fluctuating Asymmetry of Leaves //Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 1079, Chapter 6.
    Annotation Air pollution is an increasing threat in urban as well as rural areas. Particularly, motor vehicles and their exhaust gases cause considerable health risks. In addition to traditional air monitoring, we propose a new method by investigating morphological changes of leaves coming from trees that are located near streets or roads. Shape changes were measured by computing the already established fluctuating asymmetry index. Results of this study indicate that although air pollution may be lower in rural areas, the influence to the ecosystem can be quite comparable to urban areas.
    Keywords fluctuating asymmetry, air pollution, betula pendula
    The name of the journal IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
    URL https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/1079/7/072005
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