Bioindication capacity of metal pollution of native and transplanted Pleurozium schreberi under various levels of pollution

Kosior, Grzegorz; Samecka-Cymerman, Aleksandra; Kolon, Krzysztof; Kempers, Alexander J.

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.07.029

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“…This species has been used successfully in recent decades and has proved to be a suitable bioindicator of inorganic substances and, therefore, has been widely used to map and control heavy metal pollution in European countries (Niemelä et al 2007;Kosior et al 2010). …”

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“…1). This area was divided into 48 squares of 10×10 km 2 (Kosior et al 2010). From these 48 squares, 27 were selected randomly.…”

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“…We based our research on the simplified and modified bioindication method by Fernándèz et al (2000) and continued the investigation (Kosior et al 2010) of metal pollution in Upper Silesia. Mercury concentration in Pleurozium schreberi, transplanted from an unpolluted control site to an extremely polluted area in Upper Silesia, was compared with the bioconcentration of mercury in this species which grew naturally at the contaminated and control sites.…”

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Pleurozium schreberi as bioindicator of mercury pollution in heavily industrialized region

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This research is continuation of the investigation of metal accumulation in native and transplanted moss Pleurozium schreberi in the most industrialized and affected region in Poland (Upper Silesia). We tested the hypotheses that in Upper Silesia transplants of P. schreberi may be used in a 90 days bioindication experiment in case native specimens are absent; a 90 days exposure of transplanted P. schreberi was long enough for evaluation of Hg pollution of the environment. An assay was carried out with native mosses at 27 polluted sites and mosses from an uncontaminated control site transplanted to the same 27 polluted sites. P. schreberi collected from the same sites as classified for more and less polluted basing on Pb and Zn concentrations show quite different pattern of pollution with mercury; The accumulation of Hg by the transplants increased much faster in the first 45 days of the experiment (accumulation factor 1.5-6.7; mean 3.4±0.5) in comparison with the second period from day 45 to 90 (accumulation factor 1.0-1.6; mean 1.2±0.1). The 90 days exposure of transplanted P. schreberi was long enough for evaluation of Hg pollution of the J Atmos Chem (2013)

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“…1). This area was divided into 48 squares of 10×10 km 2 (Kosior et al 2010). From these 48 squares, 27 were selected randomly.…”

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“…Additionally, these areas are a ected by heavy tra c and air-borne transboundary pollution from the Czech Republic. The accumulation of heavy metals in such an environment may cause chronic damage to living organisms and must be carefully controlled [7].…”

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“…The best method to measure the content of harmful elements in the environment and the threat they pose to living organisms is the measurement of the concentration of these substances in these organisms [4]. Good indicators of pollution with metals are some species of vascular plants [2,5,10,11,12,15], and in particular bryophytes (mosses) [2,4,7,8,9,12,13,16,17].…”

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Testing of selected phytoindicators for the environmental assessment of areas under various levels of pollution.

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Sorption of Cadmium and Zinc in Selected Species of Epigeic Mosses

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The sorption abilities of seven moss species growing on the area of Bory Stobrawskie forest (southern Poland) were tested in laboratory. Sorption was carried out in solutions of Zn and Cd chlorides. It has been shown that the sorption properties depend on the moss species and increases in the series as follows: Polytrichum commune < Leucobryum glaucum < Eurhynchium praelongum < Thuidium tamtariscifolium ≤ Dicranum scoparium ≤ Pleurozium schreberi < Sphagnum sp. With help of microscope images, it was also demonstrated that one of the factors affecting the sorption properties of mosses was the level of their surface development. The determined sorption capacity of Zn varies according to species of mosses from 0.0491 to 0.1287 mmol g−1, and in relation to Cd from 0.0319 to 0.1335 mmol g−1. The described results may be important in the process of biomonitoring research design and in the test results interpretation.

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Bioindication capacity of metal pollution of native and transplanted Pleurozium schreberi under various levels of pollution

Cited by 31 publications

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Pleurozium schreberi as bioindicator of mercury pollution in heavily industrialized region

Pleurozium schreberi as bioindicator of mercury pollution in heavily industrialized region

Testing of selected phytoindicators for the environmental assessment of areas under various levels of pollution.

Sorption of Cadmium and Zinc in Selected Species of Epigeic Mosses

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