Volume: 3, 2024
3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland:
ENVIRONMENT – PLANT – ANIMAL – PRODUCT
Abstract number: E001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.E001
Published online: 24 April 2024
ICDSUPL, 3, E001 (2024)
Bioindication of heavy metals in the soils-plants-bees-beekeeping products system in biocenoses of the combat areas
Anna Atarshchykova1*, Ostap Zhukorskyi2, Tetiana Senchuk1
1 Institute of Agroecology and Nature Management, The National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Metrolohichna 12, 03143, Kyiv, Ukraine
2 M.V. Zubets Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, The National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Pohrebniaka 1, Chubynske village, Boryspil district, Kyiv region, 08321, Ukraine
* Corresponding author: anniatara@gmail.com
Abstract
Due to the full-scale military invasion of Ukraine’s territory, many toxicants, ammunition combustion products, residues of destroyed civil and military equipment, infrastructure objects as well as fuel and lubricant materials from the movement of heavy machinery enter the environment; these pollutants penetrate the environment and remain therein for a long time. The selection of matrices to determine the content of heavy metals (HM) (soil, plants, pollen, bees, and honey) was carried out three times in 5 apiaries in 2022–2023 (May, July, and August). Thirty soil samples were taken along with 30 plant samples, 90 samples of pollen, bees, and honey each. We conducted a quantitative analysis of the content and accumulation of HM (Fe, Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) in soil, melliferous plants, bees, bee pollen, and honey. Sample preparation was carried out by dry mineralization. The content of heavy metals was determined by atomic adsorption spectrophotometry. In soils of all the investigated territories (Kharkiv, Mykolayiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions), we determined an increased level of heavy metals Cd, Cu, Pb, as compared to the control (Vinnytsia region). The concentration of lead in all the investigated territories did not exceed MAC (55.0 mg/kg). The content of lead in Mykolayiv region exceeded that in the control 2.7 times. The study of the accumulation of heavy metals in the bee pollen demonstrated the highest concentrations of heavy metals in the territories of Kharkiv and Mykolayiv regions (iron, copper, nickel, zinc), Sumy region (cadmium) as compared to the control. The highest copper content was found in the pollen samples from Mykolayiv region 9.22 ±1.07 mg/kg (control – 0.79 ±0.36 mg/kg). The analysis of HM concentrations in honey samples demonstrated that in Kharkiv region there was an exceedance of MAC (1.0 mg/kg) for lead – 1.13 ±0.12 mg/kg. Considering the differences in ecologic and climatic conditions and the possible impact of numerous factors on the content and migration of HM in the soils-melliferous plants-bees-beekeeping products, it would be reasonable to have actual parameters of the HM content in the samples for each investigated territory and to take the relevant management conclusions based on them.
Keywords: bioindicators, bees, honey, pollen, heavy metals
How to cite
A. Atarshchykova, O. Zhukorskyi, T. Senchuk, 2024. Bioindication of heavy metals in the soils-plants-bees-beekeeping products system in biocenoses of the combat areas. In: 3rd International PhD Student’s Conference at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland: Environment – Plant – Animal – Product. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICDSUPL3.E001