TY - JOUR
T1 - Rape, sunflower and forest honeys for long-term environmental monitoring
T2 - Presence of indicator elements and non-photosynthetic carbon in old Hungarian samples
AU - Sajtos, Zsófi
AU - Varga, Tamás
AU - Gajdos, Zita
AU - Burik, Petra
AU - Csontos, Máté
AU - Lisztes-Szabó, Zsuzsa
AU - Jull, A. J.Timothy
AU - Molnár, Mihály
AU - Baranyai, Edina
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported by the European Union and the State of Hungary, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in the project of GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00009 ‘ICER’. We acknowledge the Agilent Technologies and the Novo-Lab Ltd. (Hungary) for providing the MP-AES 4200 instrument for the elemental analysis. Edina Baranyai is grateful for the financial support of the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and for the support of the ÚNKP-20-5 (Bolyai+) New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary. Zs. Sajtos was supported by the ÚNKP 20-3-II. New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.
Funding Information:
The research was supported by the European Union and the State of Hungary, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in the project of GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00009 ‘ICER’. We acknowledge the Agilent Technologies and the Novo-Lab Ltd. (Hungary) for providing the MP-AES 4200 instrument for the elemental analysis. Edina Baranyai is grateful for the financial support of the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and for the support of the ÚNKP-20-5 (Bolyai+) New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary. Zs. Sajtos was supported by the ÚNKP 20-3-II . New National Excellence Program of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology from the source of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund .
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/2/20
Y1 - 2022/2/20
N2 - In this paper, we present the time-dependent elemental composition and AMS radiocarbon dating results of 36 rape, sunflower and forest honey samples, collected between 1985 and 2018 in geographically close locations. Based on the elemental information, we conclude that bee products regardless the type provide useful environmental information of the previous decades, such as the decreasing trend of airborne Pb emission can be traced. However, radiocarbon results agree less with the atmospheric bomb peak. Random offsets were observed in the specific radiocarbon activity of the honey samples indicating that rape, sunflower and forest honey samples are not as reliable materials for radiocarbon dating as acacia honeys. The radiocarbon results show that the rape, sunflower and forest honey samples can contain non-photosynthetic carbon, presumably derived from the soil. Thus, the complex application of honey samples for environmental reconstruction requires the species-separated investigation of bee products to reveal their adaptability for assessment approaches.
AB - In this paper, we present the time-dependent elemental composition and AMS radiocarbon dating results of 36 rape, sunflower and forest honey samples, collected between 1985 and 2018 in geographically close locations. Based on the elemental information, we conclude that bee products regardless the type provide useful environmental information of the previous decades, such as the decreasing trend of airborne Pb emission can be traced. However, radiocarbon results agree less with the atmospheric bomb peak. Random offsets were observed in the specific radiocarbon activity of the honey samples indicating that rape, sunflower and forest honey samples are not as reliable materials for radiocarbon dating as acacia honeys. The radiocarbon results show that the rape, sunflower and forest honey samples can contain non-photosynthetic carbon, presumably derived from the soil. Thus, the complex application of honey samples for environmental reconstruction requires the species-separated investigation of bee products to reveal their adaptability for assessment approaches.
KW - AMS
KW - Honey
KW - MP-AES
KW - Radiocarbon dating
KW - Rape
KW - Sunflower
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152044
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152044
M3 - Article
C2 - 34856271
AN - SCOPUS:85120923095
VL - 808
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
SN - 0048-9697
M1 - 152044
ER -