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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,
2. Hotel Novotel,
3. Promenade Bankowa
4. The Scientific Information Centre
University of Silesia
Bankowa 11b
Restaurant
at the Rectorate of University of
Silesia
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
9.30 – 10.00
10.00 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.15
11.15 – 11.45
11.45 – 13.00
13.00 – 13.15
13.30 – 15.00
15.00 – 16.00
16.00 – 16.30
16.30 – 18.15
18.15 – 18.30
Registration, organizational matters, poster and talk installation,
Welcome Guest
Plenary lecture by invited keynote speakers
Discussion
Coffee Break
Talk session – part 1
Discussion
Dinner – Lunch break
Poster session
Coffee Break
Talk session – part 2
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
10.00 – 10.45
10.45 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.30
11.30 – 12.30
12.30 – 12.45
12.45 – 13.45
13.45 – 15.00
15.00 – 15.45
15.45 – 16.00
16.00 – 16.30
16.30 – 17.15
17.15 – 17.30
17.30 – 18.30
Plenary lecture by invited keynote speakers
Talk session – part 1
Discussion
Coffee Break
Talk session – part 2
Discussion
Poster session
Dinner – Lunch break
Talk session – part 3
Discussion
Coffee Break
Talk session – part 4
Discussion, end of the meeting of second day
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
9.30 – 10.00
10.00 – 11.00
10.00 – 10.30
10.30 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.15
11.15 – 11.45
11.45 – 13.00
11.45 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.15
12.15 – 12.30
12.30 – 12.45
12.45 – 13.00
13.00 – 13.15
13.30 – 15.00
15.00 – 16.00
16.00 – 16.30
16.30 – 18.15
16.30 – 16.45
16.45 – 17.00
17.00 – 17.15
17.15 – 17.30
17.30 – 17.45
17.45 – 18.00
Registration, organizational matters, poster and talk installation
Welcome Address – Adam Rostański
Plenary lectures chair: Adam Rostański
Alan J M Baker
Metallophytes: a biodiversity and phytotechnological resource for soil decontamination,
phytomining and mine site restoration
Hermann Bothe
Heavy metal tolerance of plants
Discussion
Coffee Break
Talk session – part 1; chair: Małgorzata Wierzbicka
Daniel Sánchez-Mata; Lourdes Rufo; Nuria Rodríguez; Ricardo Amils; Vicenta de la Fuente
Biomineralization on conifers growing on ultramafics under mediterranean bioclimate
(California, USA)
Paweł Wąsowicz; Ásrún Elmarsdóttir
Vegetation of thermal soils in Iceland – an interesting model for studies on plant adaptation
Piotr Skubała; Kaja Rola; Piotr Osyczka
Do lichens function as enclaves for mite fauna on bare toxic post-industrial dumps?
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
Grzegorz Dziubanek; Agata Piekut; Monika Rusin; Renata Baranowska; Ilona Hajok
Contamination of food crops grown on soils with elevated content of heavy metals
Discussion
Dinner – Lunch break
Poster session - chair: Eugeniusz Małkowski
Coffee Break
Talk session – part 2, chair: Hermann Bothe
Małgorzata Wierzbicka; Olga Bemowska; Barbara Gworek
The problem of pollution on the railroad tracks in north-eastern Poland
Claude Grison
Phytoextraction and Ecological catalysis: symbiosis for future
Agnieszka Abratowska, Agata Skrzypczak, Bartosz Rewers, Grzegorz Nałęcz-Jawecki,
Małgorzata Wierzbicka
Ecotoxicological evaluation of soils in the Olkusz Ore-bearing Region
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
Guillaume Lemoine
Environmental Protection and management of two metalliferous sites in
Nord – Pas-de-Calais (France)
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
9.00 – 9.30
9.30 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.45
10.00 – 10.15
10.15 – -10.30
10.30-10.45
10.45 – 11.00
11.00 – 11.30
11.30 – 12.30
11.30 – 11.45
11.45 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.15
12.15 – 12.30
12.30 – 12.45
12.45 – 13.45
13.45 – 15.00
15.00 – 15.45
15.00 – 15.15
15.15 – 15.30
15.30 – 15.45
15.45 – 16.00
Plenary lectures chair: Elżbieta Kuta
Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad
Phytoremediated phytomass for boosting bioeconomy
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?
Talk session – part 1; chair: Zofia Piotrowska–Seget
Claire-Lise Meyer, Loic Briset, Hélène Frérot, Pietro Salis, Cécile Godé, Pierre SaumitouLaprade, Nathalie Verbruggen
Genetic architecture of cadmium tolerance in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri:
fine-mapping and variability within the species
Maxime Pauwels
Population genetics of A. halleri in Europe
Aneta Słomka; Elżbieta Kuta
Adaptation, microevolution and speciation of Violaceae species at metalliferous sites
Discussion
Coffee Break
Talk session – part 2; chair: Alan J M Baker
Ewa Przedpełska-Wąsowicz; Paweł Wąsowicz
Zinc content in the substrate and flowering time in Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae)
Monika Kwiatkowska
Impact of polluted environments on reproductive processes of plants representing different
metallophyte status
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
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
Discussion
Poster session - chair: Paweł Wąsowicz
Dinner – Lunch break
Talk session – part 3; chair: Jaco Vangronsveld
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
Sławomir Borymski; Zofia Piotrowska-Seget
Rhizosphere microbial communities of Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) and Arabidopsis halleri (L.)
from heavy-metal polluted sites
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
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
12.30 – 14.00
14.00 – 17.00
~ 17.00
Excursion – Tarnowskie Góry ore-bearing region
Dinner – Lunch break
Excursion – Olkusz ore-bearing region
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 Cdstress
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 KandzioraCiupa, 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 “openpit”). 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
http://www.kopalniasrebra.pl/EN/sztolnia/sztolnia.php
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-libraryrelated 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