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Neitlich PN, Wright W, Di Meglio E, Shiel AE, Hampton-Miller CJ, Hooten MB. Mixed trends in heavy metal-enriched fugitive dust on National Park Service lands along the Red Dog Mine haul road, Alaska, 2006-2017. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297777. [PMID: 38412197 PMCID: PMC10898755 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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This study presents the status and trends of long-term monitoring of the elemental concentrations of zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd) in Hylocomium splendens moss tissue in Cape Krusenstern National Monument (CAKR), Alaska, adjacent to the Red Dog Mine haul road. Spatial patterns of the deposition of these metals were re-assessed for the period from 2006-2017 following an identical study that assessed trends between 2001-2006. In contrast to the widespread and steep declines in Zn and Pb levels throughout most of the study area between 2001-2006, this study showed more mixed results for 2006-2017. At distances within 100 m of the haul road, only Pb decreased between 2006-2017. At distances between 100-5,000 m, however, both Zn and Cd decreased between 2006-2017, with high probabilities of decrease and percent decreases of 11-20% and 46-52% respectively. Lead did not decrease in any of the more distant areas. Following earlier work on lichen species richness in the study area, it appears that 2017 Zn levels are approaching those associated with "background" lichen species richness throughout a relatively large proportion of the study area at least 2,000 m from the haul road and several km from the port site. The findings in this study may be used to plan additional mitigation measures to reduce Zn deposition related to impacts on lichen communities.
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- Peter N Neitlich
- Alaska Regional Office-Natural Resources Team, National Park Service, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Botany, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Stafilov T, Šajn R, Veličkovski-Simonović S, Tănăselia C. Moss biomonitoring of air pollution with potentially toxic elements in the Kumanovo Region, North Macedonia. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 2022; 57:694-708. [PMID: 35787107 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2022.2095849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A study was carried out to investigate air deposition and to explore the natural distribution and contamination with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in the Kumanovo Region, North Macedonia, by using moss samples as biomonitors for air pollution. The distribution of 51 elements was detected in 42 moss samples collected from this area. Moss samples were analyzed following microwave digestion by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). It was found that the atmospheric deposition for some PTEs in the moss samples in specific parts of the study area is influenced by anthropogenic and urban activities. R-mode factor analysis was used to identify and characterize element associations, and six associations of elements were determined. Four factors were separated from the group of macroelements determined by ICP-AES: Factor 1 (Al, Cr, Fe, Li, Ni, V, and Zn), F2 (K, Mg, and P), F3 (Ba and Sr), and F4 (Cd, Pb, and Zn); and two associations were separated from the group of trace elements determined by ICP-MS: Factor 1 (As, Co, Cs, Ga, Ge, Sc, Ti, Y, Zr, and rare earth elements-REEs) and Factor 2 (Bi, Br, Hg, I, Sb, Sn, and W).
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- Trajče Stafilov
- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- Geological Survey of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- INCDO-INOE 2000 Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation (ICIA), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Lequy E, Meyer C, Vienneau D, Berr C, Goldberg M, Zins M, Leblond S, de Hoogh K, Jacquemin B. Modeling exposure to airborne metals using moss biomonitoring in cemeteries in two urban areas around Paris and Lyon in France. Environ Pollut 2022; 303:119097. [PMID: 35257806 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Exposure of the general population to airborne metals remains poorly estimated despite the potential health risks. Passive moss biomonitoring can proxy air quality at fine resolution over large areas, mainly in rural areas. We adapted the technique to urban areas to develop fine concentration maps for several metals for Constances cohort's participants. We sampled Grimmia pulvinata in 77 and 51 cemeteries within ∼50 km of Paris and Lyon city centers, respectively. We developed land-use regression models for 14 metals including cadmium, lead, and antimony; potential predictors included the amount of urban, agricultural, forest, and water around cemeteries, population density, altitude, and distance to major roads. We used both kriging with external drift and land use regression followed by residual kriging when necessary to derive concentration maps (500 × 500 m) for each metal and region. Both approaches led to similar results. The most frequent predictors were the amount of urban, agricultural, or forest areas. Depending on the metal, the models explained part of the spatial variability, from 6% for vanadium in Lyon to 84% for antimony in Paris, but mostly between 20% and 60%, with better results for metals emitted by human activities. Moss biomonitoring in cemeteries proves efficient for obtaining airborne metal exposures in urban areas for the most common metals.
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- Emeline Lequy
- Unité "Cohortes en Population" UMS 011 Inserm/Université de Paris/Université Paris Saclay/UVSQ, Villejuif, France.
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- UMS 2006 Patrimoine Naturel, OFB-CNRS-MNHN, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University of Montpellier, Inserm, INM (Institute of Neurosciences of Montpellier) U1198, Montpellier, France; Memory Research and Resources Center, Department of Neurology, Montpellier, France
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- Unité "Cohortes en Population" UMS 011 Inserm/Université de Paris/Université Paris Saclay/UVSQ, Villejuif, France
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- Unité "Cohortes en Population" UMS 011 Inserm/Université de Paris/Université Paris Saclay/UVSQ, Villejuif, France
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- UMS 2006 Patrimoine Naturel, OFB-CNRS-MNHN, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
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Giardini S, Bellini E, Bandoni E, Saba A, Sanità di Toppi L. Tools for In Vitro Propagation/Synchronization of the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and Application of a Validated HPLC-ESI-MS-MS Method for Glutathione and Phytochelatin Analysis. Stresses 2022; 2:136-45. [DOI: 10.3390/stresses2010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bryophytes, due to their poikilohydric nature and peculiar traits, are useful and versatile organisms for studies on metal accumulation and detoxification in plants. Among bryophytes, the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is an excellent candidate as a model organism, having a key role in plant evolutionary history. In particular, M. polymorpha axenic cultivation of gametophytes offers several advantages, such as fast growth, easy propagation and high efficiency of crossing. Thus, the main purpose of this work was to promote and validate experimental procedures useful in the establishment of a standardized set-up of M. polymorpha gametophytes, as well as to study cadmium detoxification processes in terms of thiol-peptide production, detection and characterisation by HPLC-mass spectrometry. The results show how variations in the composition of the Murashige and Skoog medium impact the growth rate or development of this liverwort, and what levels of glutathione and phytochelatins are produced by gametophytes to counteract cadmium stress.
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Świsłowski P, Nowak A, Rajfur M. Is Your Moss Alive during Active Biomonitoring Study? Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10112389. [PMID: 34834752 PMCID: PMC8625223 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biomonitoring was proposed to assess the condition of living organisms or entire ecosystems with the use of bioindicators-species sensitive to specific pollutants. It is important that the bioindicator species remains alive for as long as possible while retaining the ability to react to the negative effects of pollution (elimination/neutralization of hazardous contaminants). The purpose of the study was to assess the survival of Pleurozium schreberi moss during exposure (moss-bag technique) based on the measurement of the concentration of elements (Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb), chlorophyll content, and its fluorescence. The study was carried out using a CCM-300 portable chlorophyll content meter, portable fluorometer, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, and a flame atomic absorption spectrometer. As a result of the laboratory tests, no significant differences were found in the chlorophyll content in the gametophytes of mosses tested immediately after collection from the forest, compared to those drying at room temperature in the laboratory (p = 0.175 for Student's t-test results). Mosses exposed using the moss-bag technique of active biomonitoring were characterized by a drop in the chlorophyll content over 12 weeks (more than 50% and 60% for chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b, respectively). Chlorophyll content in mosses during exposure was correlated with actual photochemical efficiency (yield) of photosystem II (calculated value of Pearson's linear correlation coefficient was 0.94-there was a significant correlation between chlorophyll a and yield p = 0.02). The highest metal increases in mosses (RAF values) were observed for zinc, lead, and copper after the second and third month of exposure. The article demonstrates that the moss exposed in an urbanized area for a period of three months maintains the properties of good bioindicator of environmental quality.
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- Paweł Świsłowski
- Institute of Biology, University of Opole, Oleska St. 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland;
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- Institute of Biology, University of Opole, Oleska St. 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland;
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Garden, Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Prawdziwka St. 2, 02-973 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Opole, B. Kominka St. 6a, 45-032 Opole, Poland; or
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Vanicela BD, Nebel M, Stephan M, Riethmüller C, Gresser GT. Quantitative analysis of fine dust particles on moss surfaces under laboratory conditions using the example of Brachythecium rutabulum. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:51763-51771. [PMID: 33991303 PMCID: PMC8458176 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14218-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The identification of a model organism for investigations of fine dust deposits on moss leaflets was presented. An optical method with SEM enabled the quantitative detection of fine dust particles in two orders of magnitude. Selection criteria were developed with which further moss species can be identified in order to quantify the number of fine dust particles on moss surfaces using the presented method. Among the five moss species examined, B. rutabulum had proven to be the most suitable model organism for the method presented here. The number of fine dust particles on the moss surface of B. rutabulum was documented during 4 weeks of cultivation in the laboratory using SEM images and a counting method. The fine dust particles were recorded in the order of 10 μm-0.3 μm, divided into two size classes and counted. Under laboratory conditions, the number of particles of the fine fraction 2.4 μm-0.3 μm decreased significantly.
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- Bilitis Désirée Vanicela
- German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research, Körschtalstraße 26, 73770, Denkendorf, Germany.
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- University of Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, D-53113, Bonn, Germany
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- German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research, Körschtalstraße 26, 73770, Denkendorf, Germany
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- German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research, Körschtalstraße 26, 73770, Denkendorf, Germany
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- German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research, Körschtalstraße 26, 73770, Denkendorf, Germany
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Comess S, Donovan G, Gatziolis D, Deziel NC. Exposure to atmospheric metals using moss bioindicators and neonatal health outcomes in Portland, Oregon. Environ Pollut 2021; 284:117343. [PMID: 34030082 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Studying the impacts of prenatal atmospheric heavy-metal exposure is challenging, because biological exposure monitoring does not distinguish between specific sources, and high-resolution air monitoring data is lacking for heavy metals. Bioindicators - animal or plant species that can capture environmental quality - are a low-cost tool for evaluating exposure to atmospheric heavy-metal pollution that have received little attention in the public-health literature. We obtained birth records for Portland, Oregon live births (2008-2014) and modeled metal concentrations derived from 346 samples of moss bioindicators collected in 2013. Exposure estimates were assigned using mother's residential address at birth for six metals with known toxic and estrogenic effects (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, nickel, lead). Associations were evaluated for continuous (cts) and quartile-based (Q) metal estimates and three birth outcomes (preterm birth (PTB; <37 weeks)), very PTB (vPTB; <32 weeks), small for gestational age (SGA; 10th percentile of weight by age and sex)) using logistic regression models with adjustment for demographic characteristics, and stratified by maternal race. Chromium and cobalt were associated with increased odds of vPTB (chromium - odds ratio (OR)cts = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.17; cobalt - ORQ4vsQ1 = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.71). Cobalt, chromium and cadmium were significantly associated with odds of SGA, although the direction of association differed by metal (cobalt - ORcts = 1.04, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.07; chromium - ORQ3vsQ1 = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.83, 0.99; cadmium - ORcts = 0.96, 95% CI: 0.93, 1.00). In stratified analyses, odds of SGA were significantly different among non-white mothers compared to white mothers with exposure to chromium, cobalt, lead and nickel. This novel application of a moss-based exposure metric found that exposure to some atmospheric metals is associated with adverse birth outcomes. These findings are consistent with previous literature and suggest that moss bioindicators are a useful complement to traditional exposure-assessment methods.
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- Saskia Comess
- Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, 620 SW Main, Suite 502, Portland, OR, 97205, USA.
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- USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, 620 SW Main, Suite 502, Portland, OR, 97205, USA
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- Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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Giráldez P, Varela Z, Aboal JR, Fernández JÁ. Testing different methods of estimating edaphic inputs in moss biomonitoring. Sci Total Environ 2021; 778:146332. [PMID: 34030350 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Although soil is known to contribute to the concentrations of elements in moss, protocols for atmospheric biomonitoring with terrestrial moss do not include recommendations on how to address this factor. As a result, researchers indiscriminately use a wide range of detection/correction methods without considering whether the results are equivalent. In this study, three of these methods were compared: i) use of the enrichment factor (EF) index; ii) calculation of the ratios of different elements in soil and moss, and subtraction of the contribution of soil concentrations from the raw concentrations of elements in mosses (SCS); and iii) positive matrix factorization (PMF), a receptor modelling method for source apportioning based on multivariate analysis techniques. The aim of the comparison was to determine whether the methods produce equivalent results and, if not, which method is the most appropriate for use in moss biomonitoring surveys. The data used corresponded to 146 samples of Pseudoscleropodium purum collected from a regular sampling grid of 15 × 15 km in Galicia (NW Spain). Comparison of the methods revealed that, although they yield relatively similar results, the corresponding interpretations are not equivalent and none of the methods provides a reliable estimate of the soil contribution to the concentrations of elements in moss samples. Independently of the technique applied, use of Ti as a reference element is not recommended, because, at least in this study, it was present at unusually high levels in moss. Given the absence of a reliable correction method and the fact that most elements are present in fairly high amounts in the soil, we recommend using atmospheric biomonitoring with moss only for Cu, Zn and Cd, i.e. for those elements in moss for which the soil contributes very low amounts and corrections are not therefore necessary.
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- Pablo Giráldez
- CRETUS Institute, Ecology Area, Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Ecology Area, Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Ecology Area, Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Ecology Area, Department of Functional Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Vieille B, Albert I, Leblond S, Couvidat F, Parent É, Meyer C. Are Grimmia Mosses Good Biomonitors for Urban Atmospheric Metallic Pollution? Preliminary Evidence from a French Case Study on Cadmium. Atmosphere 2021; 12:491. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos12040491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Assessment of human exposure to atmospheric metals is a challenge, and mosses seem to be good biomonitors to help this purpose. Lacking roots, they are easy to collect and analyze. However, to our knowledge, no formal comparison was made between cadmium (Cd) measurements in Grimmia mosses and alternative forecasts of atmospheric Cd pollution as those produced by the CHIMERE chemistry transport model. This work aims at studying this link to improve further biomonitoring. We compare 128 Cd measurements in the cemetery mosses of Paris and Lyon metropolitan areas (France) to CHIMERE Cd atmospheric forecasts. The area to consider around the cemetery for the CHIMERE forecasts has been defined by Kendall rank correlations between both information sources—Cd in mosses and CHIMERE Cd forecasts—from different area sizes. Then, we fit linear models to those two data sets including step-by-step different sources of uncertainty. Finally, we calculate moss predictions to compare predictions and measurements in the two cities. The results show an apparent link between the Cd concentrations in mosses and CHIMERE Cd forecasts including in addition the same unique covariate, the moss support (grave or wall), in the two cities. However, this model cannot be directly transposed from region to region because the strength of the link appears to be regional.
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Yushin N, Chaligava O, Zinicovscaia I, Vergel K, Grozdov D. Mosses as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Air Pollution in the Lockdown Period Adopted to Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Atmosphere 2020; 11:1194. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos11111194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has had a great negative impact on human health and economies all over the world. To prevent the spread of infection in many countries, including the Russian Federation, public life was restricted. To assess the impact of the taken actions on air quality in the Moscow region, in June 2020, mosses Pleurosium shreberi were collected at 19 sites considered as polluted in the territory of the region based on the results of the previous moss surveys. The content of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Pb in the moss samples was determined using atomic absorption spectrometry. The obtained values were compared with the data from the moss survey performed in June 2019 at the same sampling sites. Compared to 2019 data, the Cd content in moss samples decreased by 2–46%, while the iron content increased by 3–127%. The content of Cu, Ni, and Pb in mosses decreased at most sampling sites, except for the eastern part of the Moscow region, where a considerable number of engineering and metal processing plants operate. The stay-at-home order issued in the Moscow region resulted in a reduction of vehicle emissions affecting air quality, while the negative impact of the industrial sector remained at the level of 2019 or even increased.
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Maresca V, Sorbo S, Loppi S, Funaro F, Del Prete D, Basile A. Biological effects from environmental pollution by toxic metals in the "land of fires" (Italy) assessed using the biomonitor species Lunularia cruciata L. (Dum). Environ Pollut 2020; 265:115000. [PMID: 32806400 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The liverwort Lunularia cruciata was collected from the town of Acerra, in the heart of the so-called 'Land of Fires' a large area in the eastern part of Campania region of Italy affected by burning of waste and fraudulent dumping and one of the vertices of the "Italian Triangle of Death" so said for the high incidence and mortality from tumors. The data obtained from these samples were compared with samples collected in two other sites representing two different environmental conditions. The soil below the samples, and gametophytes, were collected and analyzed for the concentration of Al, As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, V. DNA damage, Reactive Oxygen Species production and localization, activity of antioxidant enzymes and presence of chelating molecules were investigated. All biomarkers provided an answer closely related to the pollution conditions at the 3 sites. We discuss the data considering the possibility of using these biological changes as environmental pollution biomarkers. Finally, it is underlined the importance of phytochelatins due to of their specificity for metal pollution.
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- Viviana Maresca
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli "Federico II" - Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 4, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Ce.S.M.A, Università di Napoli "Federico II" - Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 4, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Della Vita, Università di Siena, Via Pier Andrea Mattioli, 453100, Siena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli "Federico II" - Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 4, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli "Federico II" - Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 4, 80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli "Federico II" - Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 4, 80126, Napoli, Italy.
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Trujillo-González JM, Zapata-Muñoz YL, Torres-Mora MA, García-Navarro FJ, Jiménez-Ballesta R. Assessment of urban environmental quality through the measurement of lead in bryophytes: case study in a medium-sized city. Environ Geochem Health 2020; 42:3131-3139. [PMID: 32152799 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00548-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The use of bryophytes as an indicator of environmental quality has been addressed on numerous occasions and in different places of the world under a variety of conditions. However, in Latin America their use is still limited. In the study described here, the presence and distribution of the bioaccumulation of lead in bryophytes has been evaluated in both contaminated and uncontaminated sites in Villavicencio (Colombia) and its surroundings. Villavicencio is a medium-sized city that is similar in size to many other cities in Latin America. A total of 52 samples of bryophytes were collected, of which 43 belong to points distributed in urban areas of the city (residential, commercial, highway), and the remaining nine are from uncontaminated areas (reference) taken in the surroundings of the city. The samples were treated with acid (nitric and hydrochloric) and subsequently measured by atomic absorption spectrometry. It was found that Pb concentrations in the commercial sector are between 1 and 6 times higher than in the residential and highway sectors. Spatial distribution maps of lead over the sampled territory were created using Arc-GIS 10.1. It is noteworthy that the values obtained are higher than those found in European cities.
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- Juan Manuel Trujillo-González
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana ICAOC, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad de los Llanos, Campus Barcelona, Villavicencio, Colombia
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana ICAOC, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad de los Llanos, Campus Barcelona, Villavicencio, Colombia
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de la Orinoquia Colombiana ICAOC, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad de los Llanos, Campus Barcelona, Villavicencio, Colombia
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- Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Ciudad Real, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Motyka O, Pavlíková I, Bitta J, Frontasyeva M, Jančík P. Moss biomonitoring and air pollution modelling on a regional scale: delayed reflection of industrial pollution in moss in a heavily polluted region? Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:32569-32578. [PMID: 32514922 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09466-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A passive biomonitoring survey using terrestrial mosses was performed in a heavily polluted industrial region on the border between Czechia and Poland in a regular grid of 41 sampling points. The concentrations of 38 elements were determined in the moss samples, using Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA). Simultaneously, air pollution modelling was performed using the Czech reference methodology Symos'97 for the year of the sampling (2015) and 3 years prior (2012) in order to compare the results of both the approaches and evaluate the credibility of the moss biomonitoring method. The NAA results were transformed according to the principles of compositional data analysis and assessed using hierarchical clustering on principal components. The resulting clusters were compared with the results of air pollution modelling using one-way analysis of variance. The association of determined clusters with the pollution from industrial sources was confirmed only for the results of the 2012 modelling. This validates the complementarity of the air pollution modelling and the moss biomonitoring, ascertains the moss biomonitoring as a valid method for long-term pollution assessment and confirms one of the fundamentals of moss biomonitoring, the reflection of the atmospheric conditions prevailing in the period before the sampling.
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- Oldřich Motyka
- Nanotechnology Centre, VŠB- Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33, Ostrava, Czechia.
- ENET - Energy Units for Utilization of Non-Traditional Energy Sources, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33, Ostrava, Czechia.
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- Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot-Curie 6, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia, 141980
- Department of Environmental Protection in Industry, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33, Ostrava, Czechia
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- Department of Environmental Protection in Industry, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33, Ostrava, Czechia
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- Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot-Curie 6, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia, 141980
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- Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot-Curie 6, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia, 141980
- Department of Environmental Protection in Industry, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15/2172, 708 33, Ostrava, Czechia
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Jiang Y, Zhang X, Hu R, Zhao J, Fan M, Shaaban M, Wu Y. Urban Atmospheric Environment Quality Assessment by Naturally Growing Bryophytes in Central China. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17:E4537. [PMID: 32599729 PMCID: PMC7344691 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17124537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bryophytes are popular biomonitoring plants for atmospheric environments. The objectives of this study were to examine the characteristics of bryophyte communities, determine a suitable monitor species, and assess urban atmospheric environment quality by the joint use of bryophyte features and chemical properties in a large city in China. A pleurocarpous feather moss Haplocladium angustifolium was recognized as a good biomonitor of atmospheric deposition in central China by investigating bryophyte communities and habitat environment in various ecological function regions of the urban areas in Wuhan. The concentrations of trace elements, including As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, V, Pb, and Zn, in moss and soil samples from 25 sampling sites were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The concentrations of Cd and Zn in Haplocladium angustifolium collected from the entire study area were much higher than those in substrate soil. Cd was at the highest ecological risk level among the 10 elements, which contributed 34.5% to the potential ecological risk index (RI). An RI value of 392.8 indicated that urban atmospheric quality in Wuhan was in a considerable potential ecological risk. The index of atmospheric purity, regarding species richness, cover, and frequency of bryophytes, was spatially and negatively correlated with RI, also demonstrated the atmospheric quality. Effective measures should be considered to alleviate certain airborne trace element contamination and protect the environment and human health in this metropolis.
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- Yanbin Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.J.); (R.H.); (J.Z.); (M.F.)
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- College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.J.); (R.H.); (J.Z.); (M.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.J.); (R.H.); (J.Z.); (M.F.)
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.J.); (R.H.); (J.Z.); (M.F.)
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60080, Pakistan;
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.J.); (R.H.); (J.Z.); (M.F.)
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Khiem LH, Sera K, Hosokawa T, Nam LD, Quyet NH, Frontasyeva M, My TTT, My NTB, Zinicovscaia I, Nghia NT, Trung TD, Hong KT, Mai NN, Van Thang D, Son NA, Thanh TT, Xayheungsy S. Active moss biomonitoring technique for atmospheric elemental contamination in Hanoi using proton induced X-ray emission. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07253-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bellini E, Maresca V, Betti C, Castiglione MR, Fontanini D, Capocchi A, Sorce C, Borsò M, Bruno L, Sorbo S, Basile A, Sanità di Toppi L. The Moss Leptodictyum riparium Counteracts Severe Cadmium Stress by Activation of Glutathione Transferase and Phytochelatin Synthase, but Slightly by Phytochelatins. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E1583. [PMID: 32111035 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21051583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In the present work, we investigated the response to Cd in Leptodictyum riparium, a cosmopolitan moss (Bryophyta) that can accumulate higher amounts of metals than other plants, even angiosperms, with absence or slight apparent damage. High-performance liquid chromatography followed by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry of extracts from L. riparium gametophytes, exposed to 0, 36 and 360 µM Cd for 7 days, revealed the presence of γ-glutamylcysteine (γ-EC), reduced glutathione (GSH), and traces of phytochelatins. The increase in Cd concentrations progressively augmented reactive oxygen species levels, with activation of both antioxidant (catalase and superoxide dismutase) and detoxifying (glutathione-S-transferase) enzymes. After Cd treatment, cytosolic and vacuolar localization of thiol peptides was performed by means of the fluorescent dye monochlorobimane and subsequent observation with confocal laser scanning microscopy. The cytosolic fluorescence observed with the highest Cd concentrations was also consistent with the formation of γ-EC-bimane in the cytosol, possibly catalyzed by the peptidase activity of the L. riparium phytochelatin synthase. On the whole, activation of phytochelatin synthase and glutathione-S-transferase, but minimally phytochelatin synthesis, play a role to counteract Cd toxicity in L. riparium, in this manner minimizing the cellular damage caused by the metal. This study strengthens previous investigations on the L. riparium ability to efficiently hinder metal pollution, hinting at a potential use for biomonitoring and phytoremediation purposes.
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Lequy E, Siemiatycki J, Leblond S, Meyer C, Zhivin S, Vienneau D, de Hoogh K, Goldberg M, Zins M, Jacquemin B. Long-term exposure to atmospheric metals assessed by mosses and mortality in France. Environ Int 2019; 129:145-153. [PMID: 31128435 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Long-term exposure to air pollution affects health, but little is known about exposure to atmospheric metals. Estimating exposure to atmospheric metals across large spatial areas remains challenging. Metal concentrations in mosses could constitute a useful proxy. Here, we linked moss biomonitoring and epidemiological data to investigate the associations between long-term exposure to metals and mortality. METHODS We modelled and mapped 13 atmospheric metals from a 20-year national moss biomonitoring program to derive exposure estimates across France. In the population-based Gazel cohort, we included 11,382 participants from low to intermediate population density areas and assigned modelled metals to their residential addresses. We distinguished between airborne metals that are primarily of natural origin and those primarily of anthropogenic origin. Associations were estimated between exposure to metals and mortality (natural-cause, cardiovascular and respiratory), using Cox models, with confounder adjustment at individual level. FINDINGS Between 1996 and 2017, there were 1313 deaths in the cohort (including 181 cardiovascular and 33 respiratory). Exposure to the anthropogenic metals was associated with an increased risk of natural-cause mortality (hazard ratio of 1.16 [1.08-1.24] per interquartile range of exposure), while metals from natural sources were not. INTERPRETATION Some atmospheric anthropogenic metals may be associated with excess mortality - even in areas with relatively low levels of exposure to air pollution. Consistent with the previous literature, our findings support the use of moss biomonitoring as a tool to assess health effects of air pollution exposure at individual level.
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- Emeline Lequy
- INSERM, U1168, VIMA: Aging and Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, F-94807 Villejuif, France; University of Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, F-78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France; INSERM, UMS 011, F-94807 Villejuif, France
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- CRCHUM (Centre de recherche du CHUM) and Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada
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- UMS 2006 PatriNat, National Museum of Natural History, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
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- UMS 2006 PatriNat, National Museum of Natural History, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- INSERM, UMS 011, F-94807 Villejuif, France; Université Paris Descartes, 12, rue de l'école de médecine, F-75006 Paris, France
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- INSERM, UMS 011, F-94807 Villejuif, France; Université Paris Descartes, 12, rue de l'école de médecine, F-75006 Paris, France
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- INSERM, U1168, VIMA: Aging and Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, F-94807 Villejuif, France; University of Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, F-78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France; ISGlobal-Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, F-35000 Rennes, France.
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Betsou C, Tsakiri E, Kazakis N, Vasilev A, Frontasyeva M, Ioannidou A. Atmospheric deposition of trace elements in Greece using moss Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. as biomonitors. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-019-06535-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Al-Alam J, Chbani A, Faljoun Z, Millet M. The use of vegetation, bees, and snails as important tools for the biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution-a review. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2019; 26:9391-9408. [PMID: 30715709 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04388-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The continuous discharge of diverse chemical products in the environment is nowadays of great concern to the whole world as some of them persist in the environment leading to serious diseases. Several sampling techniques have been used for the characterization of this chemical pollution, although biomonitoring using natural samplers has recently become the technique of choice in this field due to its efficiency, specificity, and low cost. In fact, several living organisms known as biomonitors could accumulate the well-known persistent environmental pollutants allowing their monitoring in the environment. In this work, a review on environmental biomonitoring is presented. The main sampling techniques used for monitoring environmental pollutants are first reported, followed by an overview on well-known natural species used as passive samplers and known as biomonitors. These species include conifer needles, lichen, mosses, bees and their byproducts, and snails, and were widely used in recent research as reliable monitors for environmental pollution.
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- Josephine Al-Alam
- Azm Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, El Mittein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon
- Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health ICPEES UMR 7515 Group of Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Azm Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, El Mittein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon
- Faculty of Public Health III, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- Azm Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, El Mittein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon
- Faculty of Sciences III, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health ICPEES UMR 7515 Group of Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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Nickel S, Schröder W, Schmalfuss R, Saathoff M, Harmens H, Mills G, Frontasyeva MV, Barandovski L, Blum O, Carballeira A, de Temmerman L, Dunaev AM, Ene A, Fagerli H, Godzik B, Ilyin I, Jonkers S, Jeran Z, Lazo P, Leblond S, Liiv S, Mankovska B, Núñez-Olivera E, Piispanen J, Poikolainen J, Popescu IV, Qarri F, Santamaria JM, Schaap M, Skudnik M, Špirić Z, Stafilov T, Steinnes E, Stihi C, Suchara I, Uggerud HT, Zechmeister HG. Modelling spatial patterns of correlations between concentrations of heavy metals in mosses and atmospheric deposition in 2010 across Europe. Environ Sci Eur 2018; 30:53. [PMID: 30613461 PMCID: PMC6302881 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-018-0183-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND This paper aims to investigate the correlations between the concentrations of nine heavy metals in moss and atmospheric deposition within ecological land classes covering Europe. Additionally, it is examined to what extent the statistical relations are affected by the land use around the moss sampling sites. Based on moss data collected in 2010/2011 throughout Europe and data on total atmospheric deposition modelled by two chemical transport models (EMEP MSC-E, LOTOS-EUROS), correlation coefficients between concentrations of heavy metals in moss and in modelled atmospheric deposition were specified for spatial subsamples defined by ecological land classes of Europe (ELCE) as a spatial reference system. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and logistic regression (LR) were then used to separate moss sampling sites regarding their contribution to the strength of correlation considering the areal percentage of urban, agricultural and forestry land use around the sampling location. After verification LDA models by LR, LDA models were used to transform spatial information on the land use to maps of potential correlation levels, applicable for future network planning in the European Moss Survey. RESULTS Correlations between concentrations of heavy metals in moss and in modelled atmospheric deposition were found to be specific for elements and ELCE units. Land use around the sampling sites mainly influences the correlation level. Small radiuses around the sampling sites examined (5 km) are more relevant for Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn, while the areal percentage of urban and agricultural land use within large radiuses (75-100 km) is more relevant for As, Cr, Hg, Pb, and V. Most valid LDA models pattern with error rates of < 40% were found for As, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, and V. Land use-dependent predictions of spatial patterns split up Europe into investigation areas revealing potentially high (= above-average) or low (= below-average) correlation coefficients. CONCLUSIONS LDA is an eligible method identifying and ranking boundary conditions of correlations between atmospheric deposition and respective concentrations of heavy metals in moss and related mapping considering the influence of the land use around moss sampling sites.
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- Stefan Nickel
- Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
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- Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
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- Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
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- ICP Vegetation Programme Coordination Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW UK
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- ICP Vegetation Programme Coordination Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW UK
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- Moss Survey Coordination Centre, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Dubna, Moscow Region Russian Federation
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- National Botanical Garden, Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia
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- Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Galati, Romania
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- W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Meteorological Synthesizing Centre East, Moscow, Russia
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- Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Oulu, Finland
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Kłos A, Ziembik Z, Rajfur M, Dołhańczuk-Śródka A, Bochenek Z, Bjerke JW, Tømmervik H, Zagajewski B, Ziółkowski D, Jerz D, Zielińska M, Krems P, Godyń P, Marciniak M, Świsłowski P. Using moss and lichens in biomonitoring of heavy-metal contamination of forest areas in southern and north-eastern Poland. Sci Total Environ 2018; 627:438-449. [PMID: 29426166 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the years 2014-2016 biomonitoring studies were conducted in the forest areas of south and north-eastern Poland: the Karkonosze Mountains, the Beskidy Mountains, the Borecka Forest, the Knyszyńska Forest and the Białowieska Forest. This study used epigeic moss Pleurozium schreberi and epiphytic lichens Hypogymnia physodes. Samples were collected in spring, summer and autumn. Approximately 500 samples of moss and lichens were collected for the study. In the samples, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg and Pb concentrations were determined. Based on the obtained results, the studied areas were ranked by extent of heavy-metal deposition: Beskidy > Karkonosze Mountains > forests of north-eastern Poland. Some seasonal changes in concentrations of metals accumulated in moss and lichens were also indicated. There was observed, i.a., an increase in Cd concentration at the beginning of the growing season, which may be related to low emissions during the heating season. Analysis of the surface distribution of deposition of metals in the studied areas showed a significant contribution of nearby territorial emissions and unidentified local emission sources. The contribution of distant emission to Zn, Hg and Pb deposition levels in the Karkonosze and Beskidy region was also indicated.
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- Andrzej Kłos
- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland.
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- Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Z. Modzelewskiego 27, 02-679 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, PO Box 6606 Langnes, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway.
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, PO Box 6606 Langnes, NO-9296 Tromsø, Norway.
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- Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, Z. Modzelewskiego 27, 02-679 Warszawa, Poland.
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland
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- Independent Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland
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Jiang Y, Fan M, Hu R, Zhao J, Wu Y. Mosses Are Better than Leaves of Vascular Plants in Monitoring Atmospheric Heavy Metal Pollution in Urban Areas. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018; 15:ijerph15061105. [PMID: 29844273 PMCID: PMC6025423 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15061105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mosses and leaves of vascular plants have been used as bioindicators of environmental contamination by heavy metals originating from various sources. This study aims to compare the metal accumulation capabilities of mosses and vascular species in urban areas and quantify the suitability of different taxa for monitoring airborne heavy metals. One pleurocarpous feather moss species, Haplocladium angustifolium, and two evergreen tree species, Cinnamomum bodinieriOsmanthus fragrans, and substrate soil were sampled in the urban area of different land use types in Wuhan City in China. The concentrations of Ag, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, V, Pb, and Zn in these samples were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The differences of heavy metals concentration in the three species showed that the moss species was considerably more capable of accumulating heavy metals than tree leaves (3 times to 51 times). The accumulated concentration of heavy metals in the moss species depended on the metal species and land use type. The enrichment factors of metals for plants and the correlations of metals in plants with corresponding metals in soil reflected that the accumulated metals in plants stemmed mostly from atmospheric deposition, rather than the substrate soil. Anthropogenic factors, such as traffic emissions from automobile transportation and manufacturing industries, were primarily responsible for the variations in metal pollutants in the atmosphere and subsequently influenced the metal accumulation in the mosses. This study elucidated that the moss species H. angustifolium is relatively more suitable than tree leaves of C. bodinieri and O. fragrans in monitoring heavy metal pollution in urban areas, and currently Wuhan is at a lower contamination level of atmospheric heavy metals than some other cities in China.
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- Yanbin Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Boquete MT, Aboal JR, Carballeira A, Fernández JA. Do mosses exist outside of Europe? A biomonitoring reflection. Sci Total Environ 2017; 593-594:567-570. [PMID: 28360006 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The passive moss biomonitoring technique has been proved a useful environmental tool for the study of the air quality. However, after more than 40years of its discovery, it has not been used yet in decision making when dealing with atmospheric pollution. Scientific efforts and funding are wasted when these sort of findings do not have a meaningful impact on society. Thus, the aim of this review is to showcase the reasons preventing the worldwide application of the moss technique. The results showed that the possible reasons underlying this problem are the lack of standardization of the technique, transmission of a false idea of robustness, and the lack of a theoretical background. Knowing and accepting these problems is the first step to encourage scientists and funding bodies to invest their efforts in really improving the technique for its application in environmental policies and not only in scientific circles.
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- M T Boquete
- Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Lequy E, Saby NPA, Ilyin I, Bourin A, Sauvage S, Leblond S. Spatial analysis of trace elements in a moss bio-monitoring data over France by accounting for source, protocol and environmental parameters. Sci Total Environ 2017; 590-591:602-610. [PMID: 28283296 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Air pollution in trace elements (TE) remains a concern for public health in Europe. For this reasons, networks of air pollution concentrations or exposure are deployed, including a moss bio-monitoring programme in Europe. Spatial determinants of TE concentrations in mosses remain unclear. In this study, the French dataset of TE in mosses is analyzed by spatial autoregressive model to account for spatial structure of the data and several variables proven or suspected to affect TE concentrations in mosses. Such variables include source (atmospheric deposition and soil concentrations), protocol (sampling month, collector, and moss species), and environment (forest type and canopy density, distance to the coast or the highway, and elevation). Modeled atmospheric deposition was only available for Cd and Pb and was one of the main explanatory variables of the concentrations in mosses. Predicted soil content was also an important explanatory variable except for Cr, Ni, and Zn. However, the moss species was the main factor for all the studied TE. The other environmental variables affected differently the TE. In particular, the forest type and canopy density were important in most cases. These results stress the need for further research on the effect of the moss species on the capture and retention of TE, as well as for accounting for several variables and the spatial structure of the data in statistical analyses.
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- Emeline Lequy
- Natural Heritage Department, National Museum of Natural History, 12 Rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Meteorological Synthesising Centre East of EMEP, Krasina pereulok, 16/1, 123056 Moscow, Russia
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- Mines Douai, Département Sciences de l'Atmosphère et Génie de l'Environnement, SAGE, F-59508 Douai, France
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- Mines Douai, Département Sciences de l'Atmosphère et Génie de l'Environnement, SAGE, F-59508 Douai, France
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- Natural Heritage Department, National Museum of Natural History, 12 Rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
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Pīrāga D, Tabors G, Nikodemus O, Žīgure Z, Brūmelis G. Current content of selected pollutants in moss, humus, soil and bark and long-term radial growth of pine trees in the Mezaparks forest in Riga. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2017; 24:11964-11977. [PMID: 26531713 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5540-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of various indicators in the assessment of environmental pollution and to determine the response of pine to changes of pollution levels. Mezaparks is a part of Riga that has been subject to various long-term effects of atmospheric pollution and, in particular, historically from a large superphosphate factory. To determine the spatial distribution of pollution, moss, pine bark and soil O and B horizons were used as sorbents in this study, as well as the additional annual increment of pine trees. The current spatial distribution of pollution is best shown by heavy metal accumulation in mosses and the long-term accumulation of P2O5 pollution by the soil O horizon. The methodological problems of using these sorbents were explored in the study. Environmental pollution and its changes could be associated with the tree growth ring annual additional increment of Mezaparks pine forest stands. The additional increment increased after the closing of the Riga superphosphate factory.
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- Dace Pīrāga
- Department of Botany and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Iela 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Botany and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Iela 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Iela 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Iela 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Botany and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas Iela 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia
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Zhou X, Chen Q, Liu C, Fang Y. Using Moss to Assess Airborne Heavy Metal Pollution in Taizhou, China. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017; 14:ijerph14040430. [PMID: 28420186 PMCID: PMC5409631 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14040430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bryophytes act as bioindicators and bioaccumulators of metal deposition in the environment. To understand the atmospheric deposition of heavy metals (cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn)) in Taizhou, East China, samples of moss (Haplocladium microphyllum) were collected from 60 sites selected by a systematic sampling method during the summer of 2012, and the concentrations of these heavy metals were determined by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The results suggested that the concentrations of these metals varied moderately among different sites, indicating a similar contamination level for each element throughout the monitoring region. The mean values under investigation were higher than those from neighboring cities, such as Wuxi, Xuzhou, and Nanjing, and much higher than those in Europe based on a 2010 survey. Significant (p < 0.01) correlations were identified among some of the heavy metals, suggesting that these originated from identical sources. There was no statistically significant correlation between Hg and all the other elements. Spatial distribution maps of the elements over the sampled territory were created using Arc-GIS 9.0. The potential ecological risk index indicated that the air was heavily polluted by Cd and Hg, and that there was a considerable potential ecological risk from all the heavy metals studied.
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- Xiaoli Zhou
- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
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Pająk M, Halecki W, Gąsiorek M. Accumulative response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) to heavy metals enhanced by Pb-Zn ore mining and processing plants: Explicitly spatial considerations of ordinary kriging based on a GIS approach. Chemosphere 2017; 168:851-859. [PMID: 27836278 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.10.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Plants have an accumulative response to heavy metals present in soils or deposited from airborne sources of emissions. Therefore, their tissues are very often used in studies of heavy metal contamination originating from different sources as a bioindicator of environmental pollution. This research was undertaken to examine accumulation capacities of Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu and Cr in washed and unwashed needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and leaves of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) growing in a contaminated area. We collected needles of Scots pine and leaves of silver birch in an area around a sedimentation pond and metallurgic plant processing Pb and Zn ores near Olkusz, Poland. Concentrations of heavy metals, which have been linked with exposure to emissions, were determined from foliar samples collected at 33 sites. These sites were established at various distances (0.5-3.6 km) from the pond and metallurgic plant so as to identify the predominant accumulative response of plants. Spatial gradients for Pb and Zn were calculated using an ordinary kriging interpolation algorithm. A spatial pattern was identified by a GIS method to visualize maps over the Pb-Zn ore mining area. The accumulation of Zn (R2 = 0.74, p < 0.05) and Pb (R2 = 0.85, p < 0.01) in plant tissues correlated with soil concentrations. This tendency was not found in the case of Cu, Cd and Cr.
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- Marek Pająk
- Department of Forest Ecology and Reclamation, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Land Reclamation and Environmental Development, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, University of Agriculture in Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
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Lequy E, Dubos N, Witté I, Pascaud A, Sauvage S, Leblond S. Assessing temporal trends of trace metal concentrations in mosses over France between 1996 and 2011: A flexible and robust method to account for heterogeneous sampling strategies. Environ Pollut 2017; 220:828-836. [PMID: 27838064 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Air quality biomonitoring has been successfully assessed using mosses for decades in Europe, particularly regarding heavy metals (HM). Assessing robust temporal variations of HM concentrations in mosses requires to better understand to what extent they are affected by the sampling protocol and the moss species. This study used the concentrations of 14 elements measured during four surveys over 15 years in France. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) and a modeling approach were used to decipher temporal variations for each element and adjust them with parameters known to affect concentrations. ANOVA followed by post hoc analyses did not allow to estimate clear trends. A generalized additive mixed modeling approach including the sampling period, the collector and the moss species, plus quadratic effects, was used to analyze temporal variations on repeated sampling sites. This approach highlighted the importance of accounting for non-linear temporal variations in HM, and adjusting for confounding factors such as moss species, species-specific differences between sampling periods, collector and methodological differences in sampling campaigns. For instance, lead concentrations in mosses decreased between 1996 and 2011 following quadratic functions, with faster declines for the most contaminated sites in 1996. On the other hand, other HM showed double trends with U-shaped or hill-shaped curves. The effect of the moss was complex to handle and our results advocate for using one moss species by repeated site to better analyze temporal variations.
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- Emeline Lequy
- Natural Heritage Department, National Museum of Natural History, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO UMR 7204) & Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV UMR 7179), Sorbonne Universités, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, CP51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
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- Natural Heritage Department, National Museum of Natural History, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Mines Douai, Département Sciences de l'Atmosphère et Génie de l'Environment, SAGE, F-59508, Douai, France; Université de Lille, F-59650, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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- Mines Douai, Département Sciences de l'Atmosphère et Génie de l'Environment, SAGE, F-59508, Douai, France; Université de Lille, F-59650, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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- Natural Heritage Department, National Museum of Natural History, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France
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Barsukov O, Gapon Y. State and tasks of the research on urban bryophytes in Ukraine. Ukr Bot J 2016. [DOI: 10.15407/ukrbotj73.04.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Shotyk W, Bicalho B, Cuss CW, Duke MJM, Noernberg T, Pelletier R, Steinnes E, Zaccone C. Dust is the dominant source of "heavy metals" to peat moss (Sphagnum fuscum) in the bogs of the Athabasca Bituminous Sands region of northern Alberta. Environ Int 2016; 92-93:494-506. [PMID: 27177217 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Sphagnum fuscum was collected from twenty-five ombrotrophic (rain-fed) peat bogs surrounding open pit mines and upgrading facilities of Athabasca Bituminous Sands (ABS) in northern Alberta (AB) in order to assess the extent of atmospheric contamination by trace elements. As a control, this moss species was also collected at a bog near Utikuma (UTK) in an undeveloped part of AB and 264km SW of the ABS region. For comparison, this moss was also collected in central AB, in the vicinity of the City of Edmonton which is approximately 500km to the south of the ABS region, from the Wagner Wetland which is 22km W of the City, from Seba Beach (ca. 90km W) and from Elk Island National Park (ca. 45km E). All of the moss samples were digested and trace elements concentrations determined using ICP-SMS at a commercial laboratory, with selected samples also analyzed using instrumental neutron activation analysis at the University of Alberta. The mosses from the ABS region yielded lower concentrations of Ag, As, Bi, Cd, Cu, Pb, Sb, Tl, and Zn compared to the moss from the Edmonton area. Concentrations of Ni and Mo in the mosses were comparable in these two regions, but V was more abundant in the ABS samples. Compared with the surface vegetation of eight peat cores collected in recent years from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, the mean concentrations of Ag, As, Bi, Cd, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb, Tl and Zn in the mosses from the ABS region are generally much lower. In fact, the concentrations of these trace elements in the samples from the ABS region are comparable to the corresponding values in forest moss from remote regions of central and northern Norway. Lithophile element concentrations (Ba, Be, Ga, Ge, Li, Sc, Th, Ti, Zr) explain most of the variation in trace metal concentrations in the moss samples. The mean concentrations of Th and Zr are greatest in the moss samples from the ABS region, reflecting dust inputs to the bogs from open pit mines, aggregate quarries, and gravel roads. Linear regressions of V, Ni, and Mo (elements enriched in bitumen) versus Sc (a conservative, lithophile element) show excellent correlations in the mosses from the ABS region, but this is true also of Ag, Pb, Sb and Tl: thus, most of the variation in the trace metal concentrations can be explained simply by the abundance of dust particles on the plants of this region. Unlike the moss samples from the ABS region and from UTK where Pb/Sc ratios resemble those of crustal rocks, the moss samples from the other regions studied yielded much greater Pb/Sc ratios implying significant anthropogenic Pb contributions at these other sites.
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- William Shotyk
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada.
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- SLOWPOKE Nuclear Reactor Facility, University of Alberta, Canada.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada.
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- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
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- Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Italy.
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Schröder W, Nickel S, Schönrock S, Meyer M, Wosniok W, Harmens H, Frontasyeva MV, Alber R, Aleksiayenak J, Barandovski L, Carballeira A, Danielsson H, de Temmermann L, Godzik B, Jeran Z, Karlsson GP, Lazo P, Leblond S, Lindroos AJ, Liiv S, Magnússon SH, Mankovska B, Martínez-Abaigar J, Piispanen J, Poikolainen J, Popescu IV, Qarri F, Santamaria JM, Skudnik M, Špirić Z, Stafilov T, Steinnes E, Stihi C, Thöni L, Uggerud HT, Zechmeister HG. Spatially valid data of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and nitrogen derived by moss surveys for pollution risk assessments of ecosystems. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:10457-10476. [PMID: 27068915 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6577-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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For analysing element input into ecosystems and associated risks due to atmospheric deposition, element concentrations in moss provide complementary and time-integrated data at high spatial resolution every 5 years since 1990. The paper reviews (1) minimum sample sizes needed for reliable, statistical estimation of mean values at four different spatial scales (European and national level as well as landscape-specific level covering Europe and single countries); (2) trends of heavy metal (HM) and nitrogen (N) concentrations in moss in Europe (1990-2010); (3) correlations between concentrations of HM in moss and soil specimens collected across Norway (1990-2010); and (4) canopy drip-induced site-specific variation of N concentration in moss sampled in seven European countries (1990-2013). While the minimum sample sizes on the European and national level were achieved without exception, for some ecological land classes and elements, the coverage with sampling sites should be improved. The decline in emission and subsequent atmospheric deposition of HM across Europe has resulted in decreasing HM concentrations in moss between 1990 and 2010. In contrast, hardly any changes were observed for N in moss between 2005, when N was included into the survey for the first time, and 2010. In Norway, both, the moss and the soil survey data sets, were correlated, indicating a decrease of HM concentrations in moss and soil. At the site level, the average N deposition inside of forests was almost three times higher than the average N deposition outside of forests.
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- Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
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- Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
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- Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
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- Institute of Statistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- ICP Vegetation Programme Coordination Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Swansea, UK
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- Moss Survey Coordination Centre, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation
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- Institute of physics, Faculty of Natural sciences and mathematics, University of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
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- Air Pollution & Abatement Strategies, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Air Pollution & Abatement Strategies, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland|, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania
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- OIKON Ltd.-Institute for Applied Ecology, Zagrebs, Croatia
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- FUB-Research Group for Environmental Monitoring, Rapperswil, Switzerland
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Maxhuni A, Lazo P, Kane S, Qarri F, Marku E, Harmens H. First survey of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Kosovo using moss biomonitoring. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:744-755. [PMID: 26336845 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5257-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Bryophytes act as bioindicators and bioaccumulators of metal deposition in the environment. The atmospheric deposition of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Mn, Pb, and Zn in Kosovo was investigated by using carpet-forming moss species (Pseudocleropodium purum and Hypnum cupressiforme) as bioindicators. This research is part of the European moss survey coordinated by the ICP Vegetation, an International Cooperative Programme reporting on the effects of air pollution on vegetation to the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. Sampling was performed during the summer of 2011 at 25 sampling sites homogenously distributed over Kosovo. Unwashed, dried samples were digested by using wet digestion in Teflon tubes. The concentrations of metal elements were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) equipped with flame and/or furnace systems. The heavy metal concentration in mosses reflected local emission sources. The data obtained in this study were compared with those of similar studies in neighboring countries and Europe (2010-2014 survey). The geographical distribution maps of the elements over the sampled territory were constructed using geographic information system (GIS) technology. The concentrations of Cr, Ni, Pb, and Zn were higher than the respective median values of Europe, suggesting that the zones with heavy vehicular traffic and industry emission input are important emitters of these elements. Selected zones are highly polluted particularly by Cd, Pb, Hg, and Ni. The statistical analyses revealed that a strong correlation exists between the Pb and Cd content in mosses, and the degree of pollution in the studied sites was assessed.
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- Albert Maxhuni
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Vlora, Vlora, Albania
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Vlora, Vlora, Albania
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor, UK
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Harmens H, Norris DA, Sharps K, Mills G, Alber R, Aleksiayenak Y, Blum O, Cucu-Man SM, Dam M, De Temmerman L, Ene A, Fernández JA, Martinez-Abaigar J, Frontasyeva M, Godzik B, Jeran Z, Lazo P, Leblond S, Liiv S, Magnússon SH, Maňkovská B, Karlsson GP, Piispanen J, Poikolainen J, Santamaria JM, Skudnik M, Spiric Z, Stafilov T, Steinnes E, Stihi C, Suchara I, Thöni L, Todoran R, Yurukova L, Zechmeister HG. Heavy metal and nitrogen concentrations in mosses are declining across Europe whilst some "hotspots" remain in 2010. Environ Pollut 2015; 200:93-104. [PMID: 25703579 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 01/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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In recent decades, naturally growing mosses have been used successfully as biomonitors of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and nitrogen. Since 1990, the European moss survey has been repeated at five-yearly intervals. In 2010, the lowest concentrations of metals and nitrogen in mosses were generally found in northern Europe, whereas the highest concentrations were observed in (south-)eastern Europe for metals and the central belt for nitrogen. Averaged across Europe, since 1990, the median concentration in mosses has declined the most for lead (77%), followed by vanadium (55%), cadmium (51%), chromium (43%), zinc (34%), nickel (33%), iron (27%), arsenic (21%, since 1995), mercury (14%, since 1995) and copper (11%). Between 2005 and 2010, the decline ranged from 6% for copper to 36% for lead; for nitrogen the decline was 5%. Despite the Europe-wide decline, no changes or increases have been observed between 2005 and 2010 in some (regions of) countries.
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- H Harmens
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.
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- Environmental Agency of Bolzano, Laives, Italy.
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- International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk, Belarus.
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- National Botanical Garden, Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine.
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- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania.
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- Environment Agency, Argir, Faroe Islands.
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- Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Tervuren, Belgium.
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- Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Galati, Romania.
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- University of Santiago de Compestela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation.
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- W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland.
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania.
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
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- Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn, Estonia.
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Finnish Forest Research Institute, Oulu Research Unit, Oulu, Finland.
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- Finnish Forest Research Institute, Oulu Research Unit, Oulu, Finland.
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- Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Oikon Ltd., Institute for Applied Ecology, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia.
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania.
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- Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech Republic.
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- FUB-Research Group for Environmental Monitoring, Rapperswil, Switzerland.
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- Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Baia Mare, Romania.
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- Institute of Botany, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- University of Vienna, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria.
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Pöschl U, Shiraiwa M. Multiphase chemistry at the atmosphere-biosphere interface influencing climate and public health in the anthropocene. Chem Rev 2015; 115:4440-75. [PMID: 25856774 DOI: 10.1021/cr500487s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Ulrich Pöschl
- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Zechmeister HG, Hann S, Koellensperger G. Monitoring of Platinum Group Element Deposition by Bryophytes. Environmental Science and Engineering 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-44559-4_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Harmens H, Schnyder E, Thöni L, Cooper DM, Mills G, Leblond S, Mohr K, Poikolainen J, Santamaria J, Skudnik M, Zechmeister HG, Lindroos AJ, Hanus-Illnar A. Relationship between site-specific nitrogen concentrations in mosses and measured wet bulk atmospheric nitrogen deposition across Europe. Environ Pollut 2014; 194:50-59. [PMID: 25094057 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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To assess the relationship between nitrogen concentrations in mosses and wet bulk nitrogen deposition or concentrations in precipitation, moss tissue and deposition were sampled within a distance of 1 km of each other in seven European countries. Relationships for various forms of nitrogen appeared to be asymptotic, with data for different countries being positioned at different locations along the asymptotic relationship and saturation occurring at a wet bulk nitrogen deposition of ca. 20 kg N ha(-1) yr(-1). The asymptotic behaviour was more pronounced for ammonium-N than nitrate-N, with high ammonium deposition at German sites being most influential in providing evidence of the asymptotic behaviour. Within countries, relationships were only significant for Finland and Switzerland and were more or less linear. The results confirm previous relationships described for modelled total deposition. Nitrogen concentration in mosses can be applied to identify areas at risk of high nitrogen deposition at European scale.
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- Harry Harmens
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.
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- FUB-Research Group for Environmental Monitoring, Alte Jonastrasse 83, CH-8640 Rapperswil, Switzerland (1)
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- FUB-Research Group for Environmental Monitoring, Alte Jonastrasse 83, CH-8640 Rapperswil, Switzerland (1)
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK.
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, Case 39, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Mars-la-Tour Str. 1-13, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.
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- Finnish Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 413, FI-90014 University of Oulu, Finland.
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- Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vecna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Gerdol R, Marchesini R, Iacumin P, Brancaleoni L. Monitoring temporal trends of air pollution in an urban area using mosses and lichens as biomonitors. Chemosphere 2014; 108:388-395. [PMID: 24630254 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Monitoring air quality by using living organisms as biomonitors has received increasing attention in recent years. However, rather few studies were based on the concomitant use of passive biomonitoring (based on the different sensitivity of living organisms to air pollution) and active biomonitoring (based on their capacity to accumulate pollutants in the tissues). We carried out a repeated survey of an urban area in Northern Italy, with the objective of comparing temporal trends of different kinds of air pollutants with bioindication (passive biomonitoring) and bioaccumulation (active biomonitoring) techniques. During a five-year interval, temporal patterns of moss metal concentrations underwent significant changes probably due to intercurring variations in the importance of different pollution sources. Nitrogen (N) concentration in moss tissues also decreased and was paralleled by increasing diversity of epiphytic lichens. Increasing δ(15)N in moss tissues suggested a higher contribution of oxidized N species compared with reduced N species.
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- Renato Gerdol
- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d'Este 32, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d'Este 32, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Botanical Garden, University of Ferrara, Corso Porta Mare 2, I-44121 Ferrara, Italy
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Six L, Smolders E. Future trends in soil cadmium concentration under current cadmium fluxes to European agricultural soils. Sci Total Environ 2014; 485-486:319-328. [PMID: 24727598 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The gradual increase of soil cadmium concentrations in European soils during the 20th century has prompted environmental legislation to limit soil cadmium (Cd) accumulation. Mass balances (input-output) reflecting the period 1980-1995 predicted larger Cd inputs via phosphate (P) fertilizers and atmospheric deposition than outputs via crop uptake and leaching. This study updates the Cd mass balance for the agricultural top soils of EU-27+Norway (EU-27+1). Over the past 15 years, the use of P fertilizers in the EU-27+1 has decreased by 40%. The current mean atmospheric deposition of Cd in EU is 0.35 g Cd ha(-1) yr(-1), this is strikingly smaller than values used in the previous EU mass balances (~3 g Cd ha(-1) yr(-1)). Leaching of Cd was estimated with most recent data of soil solution Cd concentrations in 151 soils, which cover the range of European soil properties. No significant time trends were found in the data of net applications of Cd via manure, compost, sludge and lime, all being small sources of Cd at a large scale. Modelling of the future long-term changes in soil Cd concentrations in agricultural top soils under cereal or potato culture predicts soil Cd concentrations to decrease by 15% over the next 100 years in an average scenario, with decreasing trends in some scenarios being more prevalent than increasing trends in other scenarios. These Cd balances have reverted from the general positive balances estimated 10 or more years ago. Uncertainty analysis suggests that leaching is the most uncertain relative to other fluxes.
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Soil and Water Management, K.U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Division of Soil and Water Management, K.U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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Petraglia A, De Benedictis M, Degola F, Pastore G, Calcagno M, Ruotolo R, Mengoni A, Sanità di Toppi L. The capability to synthesize phytochelatins and the presence of constitutive and functional phytochelatin synthases are ancestral (plesiomorphic) characters for basal land plants. J Exp Bot 2014; 65:1153-63. [PMID: 24449382 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Bryophytes, a paraphyletic group which includes liverworts, mosses, and hornworts, have been stated as land plants that under metal stress (particularly cadmium) do not synthesize metal-binding peptides such as phytochelatins. Moreover, very little information is available to date regarding phytochelatin synthesis in charophytes, postulated to be the direct ancestors of land plants, or in lycophytes, namely very basal tracheophytes. In this study, it was hypothesized that basal land plants and charophytes have the capability to produce phytochelatins and possess constitutive and functional phytochelatin synthases. To verify this hypothesis, twelve bryophyte species (six liverworts, four mosses, and two hornworts), three charophytes, and two lycophyte species were exposed to 0-36 μM cadmium for 72 h, and then assayed for: (i) glutathione and phytochelatin quali-quantitative content by HPLC and mass spectrometry; (ii) the presence of putative phytochelatin synthases by western blotting; and (iii) in vitro activity of phytochelatin synthases. Of all the species tested, ten produced phytochelatins in vivo, while the other seven did not. The presence of a constitutively expressed and functional phytochelatin synthase was demonstrated in all the bryophyte lineages and in the lycophyte Selaginella denticulata, but not in the charophytes. Hence, current knowledge according to phytochelatins have been stated as being absent in bryophytes was therefore confuted by this work. It is argued that the capability to synthesize phytochelatins, as well as the presence of active phytochelatin synthases, are ancestral (plesiomorphic) characters for basal land plants.
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- Alessandro Petraglia
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Fengying Lin
- Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
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Foan L, Leblond S, Thöni L, Raynaud C, Santamaría JM, Sebilo M, Simon V. Spatial distribution of PAH concentrations and stable isotope signatures (δ13C, δ15N) in mosses from three European areas--characterization by multivariate analysis. Environ Pollut 2014; 184:113-22. [PMID: 24047547 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Revised: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations and N, C stable isotope signatures were determined in mosses Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. from 61 sites of 3 European regions: Île-de-France (France); Navarra (Spain); the Swiss Plateau and Basel area (Switzerland). Total PAH concentrations of 100-700 ng g(-1), as well as δ(13)C values of -32 to -29‰ and δ(15)N values of -11 to -3‰ were measured. Pearson correlation tests revealed opposite trends between high molecular weight PAH (4-6 aromatic rings) content and δ(13)C values. Partial Least Square regressions explained the very significant correlations (r > 0.91, p < 0.001) between high molecular weight PAH concentrations by local urban land use (<10 km) and environmental factors such as elevation and pluviometry. Finally, specific correlations between heavy metal and PAH concentrations were attributed to industrial emissions in Switzerland and road traffic emissions in Spain.
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- L Foan
- Université de Toulouse, INPT, LCA (Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle), ENSIACET, 4 Allée Emile Monso, F-31030 Toulouse, France; INRA, LCA (Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle), F-31030 Toulouse, France.
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Spagnuolo V, Giordano S, Pérez-Llamazares A, Ares A, Carballeira A, Fernández JA, Aboal JR. Distinguishing metal bioconcentration from particulate matter in moss tissue: testing methods of removing particles attached to the moss surface. Sci Total Environ 2013; 463-464:727-33. [PMID: 23850663 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Accurate differentiation of the proportion of bioconcentrated metals (i.e. incorporated into cells) and the proportion that is not bioconcentrated (i.e. adsorbed at the surface) would lead to a better understanding of the uptake processes and would represent an advance in the use of mosses as biomonitors. Traditionally the methods used to remove contaminants that are not bioconcentrated were to wash the plant material with water or to apply the sequential elution technique, but nowadays both options are considered inaccurate for these purposes. The remaining possibilities are to clean the moss samples with a nitrogen jet or by power ultrasound. Samples of terrestrial moss Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hewd.) Fleisch. were collected from five sampling stations. Different nitrogen jet cleaning procedures and ultrasound cleaning procedures were applied to the mosses. To determine whether any of the treatments altered the membrane integrity of the moss samples, the concentrations of K were determined. The shoots were observed under a scanning electron microscope, and the size and number of particles were determined. Nitrogen jet cleaning was determined to be unacceptable because it damaged the phyllids and/or altered the membrane permeability and did not eliminate the particles from the moss surface. Moreover, ultrasound cleaning treatment should also discarded because of the loss of extracellular metals that are transferred to the water in which the moss is cleaned.
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia 4, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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Linder G, Brumbaugh W, Neitlich P, Little E. Atmospheric Deposition and Critical Loads for Nitrogen and Metals in Arctic Alaska: Review and Current Status. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/ojap.2013.24010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Belon E, Boisson M, Deportes IZ, Eglin TK, Feix I, Bispo AO, Galsomies L, Leblond S, Guellier CR. An inventory of trace elements inputs to French agricultural soils. Sci Total Environ 2012; 439:87-95. [PMID: 23063913 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2012] [Revised: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The inputs of ten trace elements (As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, Se, Zn) to French agricultural soils have been assessed. The six main sources considered were: pesticides, mineral fertilizers, animal manure, liming materials, sludge and composts and atmospheric deposition. Data were collected to compute inputs at both national and regional (departmental) scales. The inventory methodology is based on two principles: data are traceable and easy to update. At a national scale, the inventory showed that trace elements inputs can be ranked: Zn≫Cu≫Cr>Pb>Ni>As=Mo>Se>Cd>Hg. Animal manure, mineral fertilizers and pesticides are the predominant sources of TEs. These results are globally in agreement with literature data though atmospheric deposition is shown to be lower than in more industrial countries such as China and United Kingdom where similar surveys were conducted. The inputs of trace elements vary strongly between regions in relation with agricultural activities. This inventory (and the related database) provides basis for developing and monitoring policies to control and reduce trace elements contamination of agricultural soils at both national and regional (departmental) scales.
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- E Belon
- Artelia (formerly SOGREAH), 6, rue de Lorraine, BP 21838432 Echirolles cedex, France
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