The International Conference

PLANTS, HEAVY METALS, ENVIRONMENT

Programme

June, 26–28, 2013 Katowice, Poland

Conference office:

Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection University of Silesia Department of Plant Systematics Jagiellońska 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland E-mail: plant_metal_environ@us.edu.pl Conference web page: http://www.plant-metal-environ.us.edu.pl Contact during the Conference

+48 695 600 769 Izabela Gerold-Śmietańska, Secretary – office +48 512 930 299 Adam Rostański Chair of the Committee +48 506 652 204 Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska - Organizer

Conference organized and financially supported by:

Department of Plant Systematics,

Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection University of Silesia,

Katowice, Poland

Polish Botanical Society, Katowice, Poland

Honorary Committee

Wiesław Banyś prof. dr hab. Rector of the University of Silesia,

Katowice, Poland

Iwona Szarejko prof. dr hab. Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection

Katowice, Poland

Scientific Committee

Adam Rostański, Univ. Prof. head of the Committee / Chair of the Committee

Department of Plant Systematics, University of Silesia,

Katowice, Poland

Małgorzata Wierzbicka, Prof Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Institute of Botany,

Univeristy of Warsaw, Poland

Barbara Godzik, Prof Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences,

Cracow, Poland

Elżbieta Kuta, Prof Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology,

Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

Hermann Bothe, Prof Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Germany

Alan JM Baker, Prof School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Australia

Jaco Vangronsveld, Prof Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences,

Belgium

Czesława Rosik-Dulewska, Prof Institute of the Environmental Engineering,

Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland

Zofia Piotrowska–Seget, Prof Department of Microbiology, University of Silesia,

Katowice, Poland

Paweł Wąsowicz, PhD Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Akureyri, Iceland

Organizing Committee

Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska, PhD Department of Plant Systematics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (co-chair)

Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, Univ.Prof. Department of Plant Systematics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (member)

Beata Babczyńska-Sendek PhD Department of of Geobotany and Nature Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (member)

Eugeniusz Małkowski, PhD Department of Plant Physiology, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (member)

Aneta Słomka PhD Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland (member)

Izabela Gerold-Śmietańska, PhD Department of Plant Systematics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (secretary)

Anna Gawron, MSc Department of Plant Systematics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (secretary)

INTRODUCTION

International conference Plants, heavy metals, environment is a continuation of scientific meetings devoted to

the problem of the impact of heavy metals on environment and on plant organisms in particular. These meetings took

place in different places in Poland during the last decade and brought together scientists interested in research on

biological processes on the areas heavily polluted by metal mining and processing industry.

We hope that the present conference will facilitate the spread of the latest results concerning biology,

biochemistry, genetics, physiology, biodiversity, ecology of plant species colonising areas with elevated content of

heavy metals. We expect that the conference will contribute to future interdisciplinary cooperation between scientists

and to the discussion on the practical use of our results in the fields of applied biology, biological reclamation and

protection of industrial areas. Our main aim is to promote close collaboration between scientists interested in

interactions between plants and metals.

High attendance (up to 110 scientists, practitioners and PhD students from many countries) proved that problem

of heavy metal pollution and its influence on living organisms is still important and popular among scientific community.

We also would like to preserve a good tradition of scientific meetings focused on this subject.

We hope that this meeting will be a place to discuss emerging problems in the research on plant – metals

interactions.

Organisers

1. The Faculty of Law and Administration,

University of Silesia Bankowa 11b

2. Hotel Novotel,

Restaurant

3. Promenade Bankowa

at the Rectorate of University of Silesia

4. The Scientific Information Centre

and Academic Library (Polish acronym: CINiBA)

CONFERENCE SESSIONS The Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Silesia Bankowa 11b, 40-007 Katowice – no. 1 on the map CONFERENCE LUNCH Hotel Novotel , Al. Roździeńskiego 16, 40-202 KATOWICE, – no. 2 on the map.

POST-SYMPOSIUM EXCURSION DEPARTURE Bankowa Str. at the Rectorate of University of Silesia – no. 3 on the map. INTERNET ACCESS There is a free Internet accsess in the building of The Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (Polish acronym: CINiBA). – no. 4 on the map.

Programme overview

25.06.2014 (Wednesday) 18.00 – 19.00 Registration

26.06.2014 (Thursday) Session: “Organism – Environment – Landscape” 8.00 – 9.30 Registration, organizational matters, poster and talk installation, 9.30 – 10.00 Welcome Guest 10.00 – 11.00 Plenary lecture by invited keynote speakers 11.00 – 11.15 Discussion 11.15 – 11.45 Coffee Break 11.45 – 13.00 Talk session – part 1 13.00 – 13.15 Discussion 13.30 – 15.00 Dinner – Lunch break 15.00 – 16.00 Poster session 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 – 18.15 Talk session – part 2 18.15 – 18.30 Discussion – end of the meeting of first day 19.00 – 21.30 Conference banquet

27.06.2014 (Friday) Session: “Polluted environment – processes in organisms (genetic, biochemistry, physiology)” 9.00 – 10.00 Plenary lecture by invited keynote speakers 10.00 – 10.45 Talk session – part 1 10.45 – 11.00 Discussion 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break 11.30 – 12.30 Talk session – part 2 12.30 – 12.45 Discussion 12.45 – 13.45 Poster session 13.45 – 15.00 Dinner – Lunch break 15.00 – 15.45 Talk session – part 3 15.45 – 16.00 Discussion 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 – 17.15 Talk session – part 4 17.15 – 17.30 Discussion, end of the meeting of second day 17.30 – 18.30 Treat – supper

28.06.2014 (Saturday) Field session 8.00 – 12.30 Excursion – Tarnowskie Góry ore-bearing region 12.30 – 14.00 Dinner – Lunch break 14.00 – 17.00 Excursion – Olkusz ore-bearing region ~ 17.00 Excursion – close

Conference programme Wednesday, 25 June 18.00 – 19.00 Registration

Thursday, 26 June “Organism – Environment – Landscape” 8.00 – 9.30 Registration, organizational matters, poster and talk installation 9.30 – 10.00 Welcome Address – Adam Rostański 10.00 – 11.00 Plenary lectures chair: Adam Rostański

10.00 – 10.30 Alan J M Baker Metallophytes: a biodiversity and phytotechnological resource for soil decontamination, phytomining and mine site restoration

10.30 – 11.00 Hermann Bothe Heavy metal tolerance of plants 11.00 – 11.15 Discussion 11.15 – 11.45 Coffee Break 11.45 – 13.00 Talk session – part 1; chair: Małgorzata Wierzbicka 11.45 – 12.00 Daniel Sánchez-Mata; Lourdes Rufo; Nuria Rodríguez; Ricardo Amils; Vicenta de la Fuente Biomineralization on conifers growing on ultramafics under mediterranean bioclimate (California, USA)

12.00 – 12.15 Paweł Wąsowicz; Ásrún Elmarsdóttir Vegetation of thermal soils in Iceland – an interesting model for studies on plant adaptation

12.15 – 12.30 Piotr Skubała; Kaja Rola; Piotr Osyczka Do lichens function as enclaves for mite fauna on bare toxic post-industrial dumps?

12.30 – 12.45 Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska; Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska; Paweł Kapusta; Monika Zagórna Changes in species composition of calamine grassland after the removal of woody plants - effect of a conservation management

12.45 – 13.00 Grzegorz Dziubanek; Agata Piekut; Monika Rusin; Renata Baranowska; Ilona Hajok Contamination of food crops grown on soils with elevated content of heavy metals

13.00 – 13.15 Discussion 13.30 – 15.00 Dinner – Lunch break 15.00 – 16.00 Poster session - chair: Eugeniusz Małkowski 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 – 18.15 Talk session – part 2, chair: Hermann Bothe 16.30 – 16.45 Małgorzata Wierzbicka; Olga Bemowska; Barbara Gworek

The problem of pollution on the railroad tracks in north-eastern Poland 16.45 – 17.00 Claude Grison

Phytoextraction and Ecological catalysis: symbiosis for future 17.00 – 17.15 Agnieszka Abratowska, Agata Skrzypczak, Bartosz Rewers, Grzegorz Nałęcz-Jawecki,

Małgorzata Wierzbicka Ecotoxicological evaluation of soils in the Olkusz Ore-bearing Region

17.15 – 17.30 Anna M. Stefanowicz; Marcin W. Woch; Paweł Kapusta; Szymon Zubek Soil heavy metal pollution at sites left by historical Zn-Pb ore mining: implications

for the environment 17.30 – 17.45 Guillaume Lemoine

Environmental Protection and management of two metalliferous sites in Nord – Pas-de-Calais (France)

17.45 – 18.00 Marzena Lamparska The conditioning of the industrial tourism within selected areas of Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia

18.00 – 18.15 Adam Rostański; Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska; Izabela Gerold-Śmietańska The collection of metallophytes in the Scientific Herbarium of the University of Silesia (KTU-HMP)

18.15 – 18.30 Discussion, end of the meeting of first day 19.00 – 22.00 Conference banquet

Friday, 27 June “Polluted environment – processes in organisms (genetic, biochemistry, physiology)” 9.00 – 10.00 Plenary lectures chair: Elżbieta Kuta

9.00 – 9.30 Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad Phytoremediated phytomass for boosting bioeconomy

9.30 – 10.00 Jaco Vangronsveld; Sarah Croes; Jolien Janssen; Sascha Truyens; Sofie Thijs; Nele Weyens A role for plant-associated bacteria in metal mobilization and uptake by plants and phytoextraction?

10.00 – 10.45 Talk session – part 1; chair: Zofia Piotrowska–Seget 10.00 – 10.15 Claire-Lise Meyer, Loic Briset, Hélène Frérot, Pietro Salis, Cécile Godé, Pierre Saumitou-

Laprade, Nathalie Verbruggen Genetic architecture of cadmium tolerance in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri: fine-mapping and variability within the species

10.15 – -10.30 Maxime Pauwels Population genetics of A. halleri in Europe

10.30-10.45 Aneta Słomka; Elżbieta Kuta Adaptation, microevolution and speciation of Violaceae species at metalliferous sites 10.45 – 11.00 Discussion 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break 11.30 – 12.30 Talk session – part 2; chair: Alan J M Baker

11.30 – 11.45 Ewa Przedpełska-Wąsowicz; Paweł Wąsowicz Zinc content in the substrate and flowering time in Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae) 11.45 – 12.00 Monika Kwiatkowska

Impact of polluted environments on reproductive processes of plants representing different metallophyte status 12.00 – 12.15 Wanda Cegiełkowska; Agnieszka Abratowska; Jakub Karasiński; Bohdan Paterczyk; Barbara Wagner; Szymon Suski; Ewa Bulska; Małgorzata Wierzbicka Zinc tolerance and distribution in Plantago lanceolata L. – an interdisciplinary approach

12.15 – 12.30 Łukasz Małkowski; Ewa Gucwa-Przepióra; Adam Rostański; Elżbieta Małkowska; Andrzej Kita; Marta Pogrzeba; Krzysztof Sitko; Eugeniusz Małkowski Relationships between soil depth and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of grasses roots in soils contaminated with heavy metal

12.30 – 12.45 Discussion 12.45 – 13.45 Poster session - chair: Paweł Wąsowicz 13.45 – 15.00 Dinner – Lunch break 15.00 – 15.45 Talk session – part 3; chair: Jaco Vangronsveld

15.00 – 15.15 Tomasz Płociniczak; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget Characterization of endophytic Brevibacterium casei MH8a strain and its use for the enhancement of Cd, Zn, Cu uptake by white mustard

15.15 – 15.30 Sławomir Borymski; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget Rhizosphere microbial communities of Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) and Arabidopsis halleri (L.)

from heavy-metal polluted sites 15.30 – 15.45 Wojciech Pokora; Anna Aksmann; Agnieszka Baścik-Remisiewicz; Agnieszka Dettlaff-Pokora;

Zbigniew Tukaj

Dysfunction of carbonic anhydrase Cah3 protein affects Chlamydomonas tolerance to Cd-induced oxidative stress 15.45 – 16.00 Discussion

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 – 17.15 Talk session – part 4; chair: Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

16.30 – 16.45 Aneta Piechalak; Arleta Małecka; Agnieszka Kutrowska; Anetta Hanc; Danuta Baralkiewicz; Barbara Tomaszewska

Glutathione-mediated detoxification system in plants 16.45 – 17.00 Hazem M. Kalaji; Magdalena Cetner; Izabela Samborska

The use of chlorophyll fluorescence fingerprints as reliable bioindicator for heavy metals stress detection in plants

17.00 – 17.15 Krzysztof Sitko; Agata Daszkowska-Golec; Marzena Kurowska; Iwona Szarejko; Łukasz Małkowski; Eugeniusz Małkowski

Relationships between root hairs and toxic effect of Cd on photosynthesis in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

17.15 – 17.30 Discussion, end of the meeting of second day 17.30 – 18.30 Treat – supper

Satruday, 28 June Field session 8.00 – 12.30 Excursion – Tarnowskie Góry ore-bearing region 12.30 – 14.00 Dinner – Lunch break 14.00 – 17.00 Excursion – Olkusz ore-bearing region ~ 17.00 Excursion – close

Posters

1. Agnieszka Abratowska, Sonia Szczypior, Małgorzata Wierzbicka Plant tests as a tool to assess toxicity of soils from the Olkusz Region.

2. Anna Aksmann, Agnieszka Baścik-Remisiewicz, Wojciech Pokora, Agnieszka Dettlaff-Pokora, Zbigniew Tukaj

Photosynthetic activity of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii wild type and CC-2699 mutant under Cd-stress

3. Jacek Antonkiewicz, Czesława Jasiewicz The influence an incineration ash for phytoavailable of heavy metals

4. Maria Augustyniak, Magdalena Borda, Patrycja Burakiewicz, Agnieszka Zawisza-Raszka, Anna Płachetka, Monika Tarnawska DNA damage in neuroblasts of grasshoppers from variously polluted sites, treated with metals in laboratory conditions

5. Beata Babczyńska-Sendek, Alicja Barć, Monika Rutkowska, Aldona K. Uziębło

The possibility of beech forest regeneration on habitats transformed by exploitation of zinc and lead ores

6. Barbara Bacler-Żbikowska, Stebel Adam, Jacek Drobnik, Danuta Wiechuła, Krzysztof Rajczykowski, Krzysztof Loska

Assessment of lead and cadmium concentrations in Viscum album L. herb in Silesian Upland

7. Cecilia Baliardini, Claire-Lise Meyer, Pietro Salis, Pierre Saumitou-Laprade, Nathalie Verbruggen

Analysis of cadmium tolerance trait in Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae)

8. Anna Barabasz, Maria Klimecka, Maria Kendziorek, Danuta Maria Antosiewicz Zn-Cd-cross-homeostasis - molecular and physiological approach

9. Aneta Basińska, Irena Rabęda, Szymon Suski, Henryk Bilski, Ewa J. Mellerowicz, Anna Napieralska, Marlena Ratajczak, Małgorzata Glama, Adam Woźny, Magdalena Krzesłowska

The plant cell wall in response to trace metals

10. Renata Bączek-Kwinta, Jacek Antonkiewicz, Małgorzata Borek, Krzysztof Tokarz

Cabbage can overwhelm stress triggered by chemical enhancers of phytoextraction

11. Renata Bączek-Kwinta, Katarzyna Juzoń, Jacek Antonkiewicz, Małgorzata Borek, Agnieszka Bartoszek, Barbara Kusznierewicz

Late cultivars of cabbage can better cope with cadmium-involved stress than the early one

12. Agata Bednarek, Marta Sawadro-Wieczorek, Karol Małota, Agnieszka Babczyńska

Differences in hsp70 level in Xerolycosa nemoralis from polluted areas

13. Wojciech Bierza, Ryszard Ciepał, Karolina Steindor Selected enzymes activity in soils contaminated with heavy metals in Betula pendula Roth and Pinus sylvestris L. stands.

14. Zbigniew Burdach, Agnieszka Siemieniuk, Renata Kurtyka, Waldemar Karcz A comparison of the effects of PbCl2 and Met3PbCl on slowly activating (SV) channels in red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) taproots

15. Katarzyna Bzdęga, Ewa Gucwa-Przepióra, Justyna Maraszek, Agata Pawliczek, Małgorzata Gancarek, Kamila

Sokołowska, Barbara Tokarska-Guzik

Ecological factors and arbuscular mycorrhiza of Ambrosia artemisiifolia, an invasive plant species colonizing anthropogenic habitats – example from Upper Silesia, Poland

16. Tamara Chadzinikolau, Zuzanna Magdziak, Mirosław Mleczek, Monika Kozłowska

Cadmium and zinc phytoextraction with willow (Salix viminalis L.)

17. Vicenta de la Fuente, Nuria Rodríguez, Lourdes Rufo, Ana Teijeiro, Alejandro Franco, Daniel Sánchez Mata, Ricardo Amils Metal management in Erica andevalensis an endemic plant from the mining district of SW Iberian Peninsula

18. Sławomir Dresler, Mirosław Tyrka, Magdalena Szeliga, Joanna Ciura, Jerzy Wielbo, Małgorzata Wójcik,

Małgorzata Palusińska, Grzegorz Stanisławski, Agnieszka Hanaka, Anna Tukiendorf Genetic differentiation of metallicolous and non-metallicolous populations of Echium vulgare in Poland

19. Erazm Dutkiewicz, Kaja Rola, Wojciech Kwiatek, Piotr Osyczka

Accumulation of trace elements in the lichens with different growth forms of thalli

20. Grzegorz Dziubanek, Renata Baranowska, Małgorzta Ćwieląg-Drabek, Joanna Nieć, Danuta Rogala

Soil contamination by heavy metals in Silesia – past or still current problem?

21. Galal A. R. El-Sherbeny Gene action and heterosis in Maize (Zea mays L.) under Normal and Drought Conditions

22. Vincent Escande, Tomasz K. Olszewski and Claude Grison Ecological catalysts derived from Zn hyperaccumulating plants: Preparation and catalytic activity in Diels–Alder and Garcia Gonzalez reactions

23. Barbara Fojcik, Martyna Chruścińska, Aleksandra Nadgórska-Socha Specificity of epiphytic habitats in areas with elevated content of heavy metals; a case study from Katowice town (S Poland)

24. Izabella Franiel, Agnieszka Błońska, Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba

Heavy metal accumulation in Betula pendula Roth trees growing on polluted sites in Upper Silesia

25. Barbara Godzik, Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska Natural and historical values of the Olkusz Ore-bearing Region, southern Poland

26. Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska, Paulina Woźnica, Łukasz Folcik, Adam Rostański, Katarzyna Bzdęga, Teresa

Nowak, Andrzej Urbisz, Alina Urbisz, Magda Szotek

Upper Silesia heavy-metal sites – the characteristic of nature

27. Alina Kafel, Agnieszka Zawisza-Raszka, Janina Gospodarek, Aleksandra Nadgórska –Socha, Marta Kandziora-Ciupa, Agnieszka Babczyńska, Katarzyna Rozpędek Plant-aphid-hoverfly, tritrophic transfer of metals in urban area

28. Małgorzata Kalandyk- Kołodziejczyk, Ewa Simon, Adam Rostański

Scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) of heavy metals contaminated habitats in Southern Poland

29. Marta Kandziora-Ciupa, Aleksandra Nadgórska-Socha, Gabriela Barczyk, Ryszard Ciepał Heavy metal bioaccumulation and physiological responses in selected populations of Vaccinium myrtillus L. and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

30. Paweł Kapusta, Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska, Anna M.Stefanowicz, Łukasz Małkowski, Dorota Drobny, Teresa Nowak Effects of Festuca ovina L. on the properties of soil contaminated with heavy metals

31. Dorota Kasowska, Krzysztof Gediga

Effect of copper mine post-flotation sediment on chemical composition of herbaceous plants colonizing the Wartowice tailings pond (Lower Silesia, Poland)

32. Dorota Kasowska, Anna Koszelnik-Leszek Habitat adaptation of vascular plants spontaneously colonizing spoils from serpentine mining in Lower Silesia (Poland)

33. Maria Kendziorek, Soren Borg, Danuta Maria Antosiewicz Expression of AtHMA4 alters tissue specific transcription profile of tomato leaves exposed to Zn

34. Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba, Agnieszka Błońska, Gabriela Woźniak, Izabella Franiel Diversity of the functional analysis of vegetation of areas connected with processing of lead and zinc ores

35. Jacek Krzyżak, Marta Pogrzeba, Aleksandra Sas-Nowosielska, Krzysztof Lejcuś, Norbert Słaboń

The influence of water sorbing geocomposites on grass biomass cultivated on soil substitute - field experiment

36. Renata Kurtyka, Zbigniew Burdach, Agnieszka Siemieniuk, Waldemar Karcz

Interactive effects of Cd and Pb on the elongation growth and membrane potential of maize (Zea mays L.) coleoptile cells

37. Agnieszka Kutrowska, Arleta Małecka, Aneta Piechalak, Barbara Tomaszewska Under pressure: observations of Indian mustard's daily dealings with trace metal stress

38. Eugeniusz Małkowski, Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska, Elżbieta Małkowska, Łukasz Małkowski, Marta Pogrzeba, Krzysztof Sitko, Andrzej Kita, Edyta Sierka, Monika Naprzał

Concentration of bioavailable forms of heavy metals in soils. Extraction with 0,01 M CaCl2 – effect of different time of extraction

39. Arleta Małecka, Aneta Piechalak, Agnieszka Kutrowska, Barbara Tomaszewska Competitive mechanisms of metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) during their intake by pea plants.

40. Ewa Muszyńska, Barbara Piwowarczyk, Ewa Hanus-Fajerska, Alina Wiszniewska In vitro cultures of Biscutella laevigata

41. Aleksandra Nadgórska-Socha, Marta Kandziora-Ciupa, Ryszard Ciepał

Element accumulation patterns in selected metallophytes colonizing contaminated soil

42. Teresa Nowak, Beata Węgrzynek

Floristic and phytocoenotic biodiversity of the oldest Zn-Pb post-mining areas in selected sites of the Silesian Uplands (S Poland)

43. Barbara Osiadacz, Roman Hałaj Aphids (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidomorpha) related to plants in heavy metals habitats

44. Piotr Osyczka, Kaja Rola

The model of restrained heavy metals accumulation in the lichen Cladonia rei

45. Marta Pogrzeba, Jacek Krzyżak, Aleksandra Sas-Nowosielska, Krzysztof Lejcuś, Dorota Ciszek The influence of water sorbing geocomposites on Miscanthus x giganteus biomass cultivated on heavy metals contaminated arable soil - field experiment

46. Irena Rabęda, Aneta Basińska, Szymon Suski, Henryk Bilski, Ewa J.Mellerowicz, Anna Napieralska, Adam Woźny, Magdalena Krzesłowska

Distribution of Pb in Populus tremula x P.tremuloides and Arabidopsis thaliana root tip tissues

47. Kaja Rola, Piotr Osyczka

Responses of cryptogamic species to heavy metal contamination - a case study in psammophilous grasslands

48. Janusz Rosada, Marcin Grobela, Rafał Motała, Joanna Łukaszyk, Renata Gaj The potential pathways of plants pollution in the emission region of Copper Smelter GŁOGÓW – current condition of agricultural environment in this region

49. Sylwia Rowe, Anna Śliwińska-Wyrzychowska, Izabela Gerold-Śmietańska, Ryszard Ciepał, Monika

Bogdanowicz

Bioindication of an environment using a bark of Pinus sylvestris as a biotest to determine the pollution emitted by steelworks

50. Dorota Rożek, Jerzy Cabała, Oimahmad Rahmonov Heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cd, Tl) rich phases on roots of early-succession plants growing on the wastes from historical Zn-Pb mining and processing (Southern Poland)

51. Monika Rutkowska Thallium and arsenic in the needles of Scots pine on the post-mining areas

52. Edyta Sierka, Łukasz Małkowski, Agnieszka Błońska, Teresa Nowak Transfer of heavy metals in forest habitats: soil - clonal plants

53. Krzysztof Sitko, Albert Janota, Karolina Lisson, Michał Szopiński, Monika Naprzał Łukasz Małkowski, Elżbieta Małkowska, Marta Pogrzeba, Eugeniusz Małkowski New data on the mechanism of hormesis in plants

54. Sławomir Sokół

Heavy metals in edible Agaricus species, sources of contamination

55. Anna Stala

Accumulation of heavy metals by the parasitic species on the example of genus Phellinus

56. Monika Stalmach, Grażyna Wilczek, Monika Mędrzak

Genotoxic effects of cadmium in female and male Steatoda grossa (Theridiidae) spiders

57. Adam Stebel, Barbara Bacler-Żbikowska, Jacek Drobnik, Patryk Ochota Contents of selected heavy metals in medicinal plant Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng from various localities in southern Poland

58. Karolina Steindor, Bernard Palowski, Wojciech Bierza, Ewa Żołna, Ksenia Michalska

Quercus robur L. and Quercus rubra L. as biomonitors of heavy metal pollution

59. Elżbieta Szulińska, Jacek Danielczyk, Grażyna Wilczek, Agnieszka Babczyńska Sex dependent cadmium and copper concentration in the wolf spiders Xerolycosa nemoralis (Lycosidae) during their development on variously contaminated sites

60. Joanna Ślusarczyk, Joanna Giebułtowicz, Mieczysław Kuraś, Piotr Wroczyński The effect of cadmium on secondary metabolites, structure and ultrastructure of St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) leaves

61. Monika Tarnawska, Marta Kuś, Aleksandra Zając, Piotr Łaszczyca Energy budget of snail Cepaea nemoralis under cadmium exposure

62. Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, Gabriela Woźniak, Adam Rostański, Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska The application potential of metallophyte plant species collected in the BIOGEO-SILESIA ORSIP database

63. Andrzej Urbisz, Teresa Nowak, Adam Rostański, Monika Jędrzejczyk-Korycińska, Katarzyna Bzdęga, Alina Urbisz, Łukasz Folcik, Beata Węgrzynek, Ewa Gucwa-Przepióra, Paulina Woźnica, Barbara Tokarska-Guzik Floristic values of heavy metal contaminated areas in the Silesia-Cracow Uplands

64. Daniel Wasilkowski, Grażyna Płaza, Jacek Krzyżak, Marta Pogrzeba, Agnieszka Mrozik The effect of lignite and green compost on bioavailability of Pb, Cd, Zn and microbial population in heavy-metal contaminated soil

65. Małgorzata Wierzbicka, Maria Pielichowska, Dorota Panufnik-Mędrzycka Is Biscutella laevigata subsp. woycickii a thallium hyperaccumulator?

66. Zbigniew Wilczek, Wojciech Zarzycki, Łukasz Małkowski, Elżbieta Małkowska, Krzysztof Sitko, Edyta Sierka, Eugeniusz Małkowski

Application of ecological indicators values for analysis of heavy metal presence in the habitats of selected plant communities

67. Marcin Woch, Paweł Kapusta, Anna Stefanowicz Grasslands of historical Zn-Pb mining sites in western Małopolska (S Poland)

68. Gabriela Woźniak, Agnieszka Błońska, Wojciech Bąba, Agnieszka Kompała-Bąba, Barbara Ziemer, Elżbieta Małkowska, Teresa Nowak, Edyta Sierka, Małgorzata Szary Molinia caerulea root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in various metal contaminated sites

69. Małgorzata Wójcik, Sławomir Dresler, Agnieszka Hanaka, Grzegorz Stanisławski, Anna Tukiendorf Physiological mechanisms of plant adaptation to growth in metalliferous areas

70. Agnieszka Zawisza-Raszka, Alina Kafel, Magdalena Drąg, Maria Gorczaty, Magdalena Wołany, Anna Płachetka, Maria Augustyniak Zinc and cadmium effect in ontogenesis of Spodoptera exigua

71. Agnieszka Zawisza-Raszka, Alina Kafel, Monika Tarnawska, Maria Augustyniak

Metal accumulation and defence response of ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata fed on Silene vulgaris inhabiting metal contaminated areas.

Field session

Field excursion - Tarnowskie Góry ore-bearing region

Adam Rostański

Tarnowskie Góry among the oldest urban centers in the Upper Silesia. Discovery in the vicinity of old village

Tarnowice ore deposits containing silver was cause of the mining settlement, which quickly gained a dominant position

in the region and has evolved into a city of Tarnowskie Góry. From the sixteenth century, the city became the birthplace

of the modern industrial basin in Upper Silesia.

The ore-bearing region around Tarnowskie Góry is now of historical significance only. The mining of silver and lead

ores in this area dates back to Medieval times. Intensive extraction of lead-and-silver and zinc ores ended at the

beginning of the 20th century. Currently, the smelting and zinc production takes place in the Miasteczko Śląskie Zinc

Smelter.

Map of the surroundings of Tarnowskie Góry town

1. Miasteczko Śląskie Zinc Smelter;

2. Pine forests in the area of the Bibiela – Pasieki former lead-zinc and iron ore mine;

3. Old drift of an abandoned the silver-lead mine in Stare Tarnowice - „Czarny Pstrąg old gallery”

Site 1. Surroundings of the Miasteczko Śląskie Zinc Smelter

A zinc smelter was opened in Miasteczko Śląskie in 1963. Until the end of the 1970s the smelter was intensively

developed. Currently, ores are processed by a shaft furnace method, enabling to obtain zinc and lead in one

technological sequence. Until the 1980s The Miasteczko Śląskie Zinc Smelter emitted huge amounts of heavy metals

and sulphur to the atmosphere. The pro-ecological program, launched at the beginning of the 1990s, envisaged to close

the most worn-out divisions, construct new dust collectors and modernize the old ones. These activities resulted in the

reduction of heavy metal emissions and simultaneously, the growth of production. Currently, the cadmium and lead

emissions do not exceed the admissible standards, and the newly constructed Zinc Refining Division produces the

highest quality zinc.

In the belt of greenery surrounding the smelter (“death zone” at a distance of 500 m from the emitter) the soil

contains about 1400 mg/kg Zn, 5000 mg/kg Pb, and 60 mg/kg Cd. The vegetation is poor (see the list of species). Most

of the planted trees (Betula pendula, Quercus robur) are in poor condition and herbaceous plants are scarce. They are

dominated by meadow species (Achillea millefolium, Agrosyis capillaris, Arabidopsis arenosa, Daucus carota, Plantago

lanceolata, Silene vulgaris) and species of anthropogenic habitats (Cirsium arvense, Artemisia vulgaris). Arabidopsis

halleri, a hyper-accumulator of zinc, grows fairly numerously.

Phot.1.1. The zinc smelter in Miasteczko Śląskie – “death

zone”

Phot.1.2. The huge population of Arabidopsis halleri in the

surroundings of the zinc smelter

Site 2. Pine forests in the area of the Bibiela – Pasieki and remains of the (old) former lead-zinc and iron ore

mine

At the end of the 19th century rich deposits of iron ores and zinc-lead ores were discovered in forests situated in

the environs of Tarnowskie Góry.

To the east of the town of Miasteczko Śląskie, a few kilometers from the zinc smelter, in the area named „Pasieki”, there

is a sunk mine, named “Bibiela”, where once iron and silver-bearing zinc-lead ores were extracted. In 1889 one opened

there a mine where these ores were extracted for 28 years. Four shafts, “Neptun”, “Nordstern”, „Glück Auf” and

,,Klemens” were excavated. In 1917 a strong several-hour inflow of underground water resulted in the complete

inundation of the mine.

Currently, in the mid of the forest one may encounter remains of the sunk shafts which formed picturesque

ponds. The name of these ponds, „Wielka Pinga” (“Old Pinga”), refers to the history of the place (“pinga” means “open-

pit”). In the neighborhood of the ponds, there are ruins of old economic buildings and mine constructions, as well as

embankments and troughs which were once used by a narrow-gauge railway.

A considerable part of the former mine area is now covered by pine and pine-oak stands. They represent mixed

(Querco roboris-Pinetum), fresh (Leucobryo-Pinetum) and wet (Calamagrostio villosae-Pinetum) coniferous forests.

In addition to typical species of these associations, one can find Arabidopsis halleri, a species which frequently occurs

in post-mine Zn-Pb areas, which is considered as a hyper-accumulator of zinc.

Phot. 2.1. Remains of the sunk holes forms picturesque

forest ponds

Phot. 2.2. Forest pond in Bibiela

Site 3. Old drift of an abandoned open cast in the silver-lead mine - Stare Tarnowice (Repty)

The ore-bearing region around Tarnowskie Góry is now of historical significance only. The mining of silver and lead

ores in this area dates back to Medieval times. Intensive extraction of lead-and-silver and zinc ores ended at the

beginning of the 20th century. The ores were extracted by means of shallow pit shafts scattered on the slopes of

“Srebrna Góra” (Silver Mountain) hill. The known “Segiet” forest is a part of the large complex of seminatural beech

forests situated on the slopes of „Srebrna Góra” hill, which is the highest elevation of the Silesian Upland. The largest

mine of the region was The „Fryderyk” mine built in 1874. After the Ag-Pb ore deposits ran out, The „Fryderyk” mine was

closed.

Currently, the mine is accessible for visiting. A tourist attraction is a 600 m long fragment of the old gallery („Czarny

Pstrąg” – „Black Trout”), surrounded by the park with old beech stands and partly preserved herb-layer which has a

seminatural character.

Fig.3.1. The old gallery „Czarny Pstrąg” (Black Trout Adit) scheme

Phot. 3.1. Black trout adit - entry Phot. 3.2. One of the pathways in the park in Sare Tarnowice

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Excursion – Olkusz ore-bearing region In the Olkusz region (Silesia-Cracow Upland) a post-industrial landscape was formed as a result of longstanding mining activities. Mining caused the emergence of new terrain forms such as waste heaps – all of them polluted by heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cd). They are covered by specific calamine vegetation whose composition is the result of spontaneous and long-term succession. One of those areas is a zinc-lead waste heap (calamine waste heap) in Bolesław. This waste heap is estimated to be over 100 years old and it is covered by dense grassland with protected and rare species. A fragment of this areal is under protection as a site of ecological interest called “Pleszczotka górska”, created to protect population of Biscutella laevigata.

INTERNET ACCESS During Conference our participants can use the computers with internet connection in The Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (Polish acronym: CINiBA) (no. 4 on the map).

Fot. Jakub Certowicz

The Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (Polish acronym: CINiBA) is a joint project of the University of Silesia and the University of Economics in Katowice. The goal of the project is the construction and opening of a modern scientific library which will meet 21st century standards in terms of rendering available the information necessary for executing programs of studies at both these universities, improving the quality of teaching via increasing the research potential, improving the availability of scientific literature in the region, as well as increasing the role of the University of Silesia and the University of Economics in international scientific relations. In order to achieve the said goals, it is stipulated in the project that the Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library will be a so-called hybrid library, which means that all types of documents will be made available at the same time, regardless of the type of data carrier: books, magazines, databases, electronic texts, audiovisual materials, multimedia, and collections adjusted to the needs of special groups of users (e.g. the disabled) – all this will be possible thanks to provision of modern tools requisite in order to penetrate Polish and foreign scientific literature. Under the Project some space will be allotted for a place in which readers will have a free and unrestricted access to books. Also, other types of collections will be created, as well as computer stations for the users (including disabled users); stations for library staff will be located in such a way that the readers will easily be able to obtain guidance and advice needed to get the information they are looking for. The building will also have auxiliary rooms such as: reprography room, Xerox room, audiovisual and microfilm room, computer room, room in which the library collections will be digitalized, as well as some space in which the users will be able to do their research, study and write their essays and dissertations (the so-called individual work rooms).

Furthermore, the Centre will be intended for the entire society as it will play the role of an intellectual salon for the city and region, in which the so-called non-library-related facilities (e.g. conference room and exhibition hall) will be available.

Fot. Jakub Certowicz

Project financing Value of the project is over 80 000 000,00 PLN Resources from the European Regional Development Fund: 52 828 698,64 PLN