Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Aerosol with the use of <i>Apis mellifera</i> and <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i>

Konopka, Zuzanna; Świsłowski, Paweł; Rajfur, Małgorzata

doi:10.2478/cdem-2019-0009

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“…Biomonitoring with the use of mosses is applied in assessment of natural environment pollution with any substances (e.g. heavy metals, PAHs or microplastic) [8][9][10] and has been used since the end of 1960s -the studies were initiated by two Swedish scientists [11]. A number of projects have been initiated since that time, which support biological monitoring; one of these is ICP Vegetation, in which most European countries participate and which assesses the influence of air pollution on cultivation and (semi)natural plants [12,13].…”

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Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in Pleurozium schreberi Mosses

Świsłowski

Rajfur

Wacławek

2020

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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The aim of biomonitoring is assessment of environment condition. Biomonitoring studies with the use of mosses focus mainly on analytes accumulation and determining elements’ concentrations in the study area. It is often forgotten that a bioindicator should be alive during biomonitoring studies (which can be determined by, e.g., analysis of chlorophyll content). The objective of the carried out research was an assessment of the influence of selected heavy metals concentration: Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb accumulated by Pleurozium schreberi mosses during 3-month exposition within active biomonitoring, on their vitality, assessed by an analysis of a and b chlorophyll concentrations. The studies were also carried out in laboratory conditions, where the content of the dyes was determined with the aid of a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, in mosses reacting with solutions of various concentrations of the analysed metals. The content of elements in mosses after exposition and in solutions prior and after sorption were determined with the use of atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) in a flame atomiser. After the carried out studies it was determined that mosses, during 12-week long exposition, accumulated heavy metals, which did not clearly influence the changes in chlorophyll content. The carried out studies prove that heavy metals are not the only and determining factor, which influences chlorophyll content in mosses as well as the bioindicator’s vitality in the conditions of environmental stress.

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Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in Pleurozium schreberi Mosses

Świsłowski

Rajfur

Wacławek

2020

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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“…It is necessary to bear in mind that biomonitoring uses living organisms, or parts thereof (tissues), in order to determine the conditions of the environment or the changes that have occurred in it under anthropopressure [5,6]. In biomonitoring with the use of moss to assess air pollution, two methods are distinguished [7]: one is passive biomonitoring that consists of the use of living organisms growing naturally on a given (test) site [8]; the other is a method of active biomonitoring, where living organisms are transferred from their natural habitats and exposed to pollutants on the test site [9]. Air quality biomonitoring that uses mosses is quite a common and frequently used method due to the properties of mosses, including the absence of a root system, uptake of nutrients via the entire body surface from dry and wet depositions, and the fact that the epidermis is most often reduced, while ions deposited on moss surface have direct contact with the exchange points on walls of their cells [10].…”

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Is Your Moss Alive during Active Biomonitoring Study?

Świsłowski

Nowak

Rajfur

2021

Plants

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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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“…The research studies conducted in different regions of the world, associated with the circulation of heavy metals (TM) in the environment, focus on to their potential threat related to their toxicity and harmfulness to living organisms as well as their surroundings [1]. Consequently, in an attempt to estimate the degree of the environmental pollution, the living organisms, such as lichen thalli, needles or mosses, are employed more and more frequently as bioindicators [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The silver fir needles, i.e.…”

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Heavy Metals Accumulation in Silver Fir Needles in Swietokrzyski National Park

Kozłowski

Strzyż

2021

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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The article demonstrates the results of the research studies related to the air polluted with heavy metals in the area of Swietokrzyski National Park. The two-year-old needles of Abies alba (Mill) were used as the bioindicator with the intention of carrying out the research. The studies were conducted in the autumn of 2012. The results showed the spatial variability of concentrations in the range of the analysed metal deposition patterns in the needles of Abies alba (Mill). The average content of the analysed elements seemed to be the highest in the case of zinc (26.6 mg·kg−1 d.m.), strontium (6.5 mg·kg−1 d.m.) and nickel (1.6 mg·kg−1 d.m.). The research studies revealed that the significant role in determining the content of heavy metals in the two-year-old needles was played by the communication. The highest values were recorded at the research sites situated in the immediate neighbourhood of the voivodeship roads. It was also confirmed that the content of metals was influenced by the so-called low emission from the household and welfare sector together with the remote imission.

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Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Aerosol with the use of Apis mellifera and Pleurozium schreberi

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in Pleurozium schreberi Mosses

Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in Pleurozium schreberi Mosses

Is Your Moss Alive during Active Biomonitoring Study?

Heavy Metals Accumulation in Silver Fir Needles in Swietokrzyski National Park

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