Abstract

Heavy metals presence in the air in the territory of Kosovo was estimated using mosses as biomonitors. The periodic smog over the territory of Kosovo, particularly around industrial sites and cities, is a clear indication of air pollution which unavoidably will contain heavy metals, because of the nature of the industries in area. This work was carried out aming to assess the presence of heavy metals in the air, identify the most polluted sites, and the origins of pollution. Heavy metals such as Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Zn, were determined in 45 moss samples. Statistical analysis was performed to better explain the data. The most polluted sites appeared to be in Zveqan, Stanterg, Prapashticë, Siboc, and Lupç. The contamination factor (CF) showed that only Cu and Zn had no or almost no contamination levels over the range of moss samples with CF < 1, while Cd and Pb gave extremely high values, CF > 27. Pollution load index (PLI) also showed that only a few samples are moderately polluted 2 < PLI ≤ 3, while most of the samples appeared to be highly polluted 4 < PLI ≤ 5, and very highly polluted PLI > 5.

摘要

使用苔藓作为生物监测器估计科索沃境内空气中的重金属存在。科索沃境内的周期性烟雾，特别是工业区和城市周围的烟雾，清楚地表明空气污染，由于该地区工业的性质，不可避免地会含有重金属。这项工作旨在评估空气中重金属的存在，确定污染最严重的地点以及污染的来源。在 45 个苔藓样品中测定了 Al、Cd、Cr、Cu、Fe、Ni、Pb 和 Zn 等重金属。进行统计分析以更好地解释数据。污染最严重的地点似乎在 Zveqan、Stanterg、Prapashticë、Siboc 和 Lupç。