Atmospheric Deposition of Trace Elements in Romania Studied by the Moss Biomonitoring Technique

Lucaciu, A.; Timofte, L.; Culicov, Otilia; Frontasyeva, M. V.; Oprea, C.; Cucu-Man, Simona; Mocanu, Raluca; Steinnes, E.

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“…Significant pollution of areas remote from industrial facilities via long-range transport has also been observed in the neighboring countries. Multivariate analysis of atmospheric deposition of trace elements in Romania using moss biomonitoring data for the period 1995-2001 showed that even areas within and close to national parks appear to be significantly polluted with heavy metals such as Pb, As, Sb and Fe (Lucaciu et al 2004). …”

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Analysis of mosses and topsoils for detecting sources of heavy metal pollution: multivariate and enrichment factor analysis

Dragović¹,

Mihailović²

2008

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In order to assess the contribution of emission sources to the pollution of areas remote from industrial facilities, a combined approach of enrichment factor analysis and multivariate statistics was used for detecting the origin of heavy metal pollution in the Zlatibor ecosystem, in Serbia. Samples of moss (Pleurozium schreberi, Hylocomium splendens, Scleropodium purum, Hypnum cupressiforme and Thuidum delicatulum) and of topsoil (0-5 cm) were collected in 2005. The concentrations of seven heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) were determined in moss and soil samples by atomic absorption spectrometry. The results obtained by enrichment factor analysis and two multivariate statistical methods, principal component analysis and cluster analysis, enabled discrimination of the lithologic and anthropogenic sources of heavy metals in the mosses. Enrichment factors, calculated to evaluate the contribution to the metal content in moss from anthropogenic sources, revealed pollution of the investigated area by Cd and Pb, originating from long-range transport and fossil fuel burning.

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Analysis of mosses and topsoils for detecting sources of heavy metal pollution: multivariate and enrichment factor analysis

Dragović¹,

Mihailović²

2008

Environ Monit Assess

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“…These issues play an important role in recent discussions on environmental monitoring within the framework of the United Nation Economic Commission for Europe International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops and in France monitoring programs (Galsomiès et al 1996). As a valuable tool of identifying sources of atmospheric metal deposition, biomonitoring of heavy metals is applied in many countries (Kuik and Woterbeek 1995;Viskari et al 1997;Genoni et al 2000;Figueira et al 2002;Frontasyeva et al 2004;Zechmeister et al 2004Zechmeister et al , 2005Ermakova et al 2004;Liiv and Kaasik 2004;Nikodemus et al 2004;Tremper et al 2004;Lucaciu et al 2004;Suchara and Sucharova 2004;Szczepaniak et al 2006), and France participated to samplings in 2000 2006. The choice of the mainly used moss species Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi is based on the experience of the Nordic countries (Wolterbeek et al 1995;Steinnes 2008).…”

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Heavy metal bioaccumulation by the bryophyte Scleropodium purum at three French sites under various influences: rural conditions, traffic, and industry

Mariet

Gaudry²,

Ayrault

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An active biomonitoring of the heavy metals pollution experiment was undertaken by means of the bryophyte species Scleropodium purum transplanted at three different sites exposed to rural, traffic, or industrial influences. Concentrations of about 40 elements in S. purum were determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Accumulation rates of heavy metals were determined in the three sites. These accumulation rates in polluted sites were matched together and also to those recorded at the rural site. The changes of the accumulation rate of heavy metals in S. purum versus their concentrations in PM(10) particles simultaneously collected above show some different accumulation properties of S. purum according to elements and sites. S. purum has a weak efficiency in the three sites to accumulate elements like V, Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sb, and Pb originating from atmospheric hot sources generally enriched in particulates matter (PM(10)), whereas it is particularly high for Br, Th, and Rb. For other elements, Co, La, Ce, and Hf, and rare earth elements, Fe, Sr, Nb, Ti, Al, and Sc, the collection efficiency by S. purum is intermediate. In the industrial site Dunkerque, a magnification of the collection efficiency by S. purum for elements originating from steel and aluminum productions and petroleum refinement suggests that these metals could be enriched in coarse particles with a better accumulation by the bryophyte with respect to PM10.

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“…Sphagnum capillifolium, Hypnum cupressiforme, Hylocomium splendens, Brachytechium salebrosum, and Brachytechium rutabulum) are often used to monitor arsenic and other contaminants in outdoor air (Giordano et al, 2005;Cuny et al, 2004;Helena, Franc and Cvetka, 2004;Farinha et al, 2004;Lucaciu et al, 2004). These organisms lack roots and largely obtain their nutrients and contaminants from wet (precipitation) and dry air deposition, which makes them suitable for monitoring air quality.…”

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Arsenic in Natural Environments

Henke

2009

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Atmospheric Deposition of Trace Elements in Romania Studied by the Moss Biomonitoring Technique

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Analysis of mosses and topsoils for detecting sources of heavy metal pollution: multivariate and enrichment factor analysis

Analysis of mosses and topsoils for detecting sources of heavy metal pollution: multivariate and enrichment factor analysis

Heavy metal bioaccumulation by the bryophyte Scleropodium purum at three French sites under various influences: rural conditions, traffic, and industry

Arsenic in Natural Environments

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