Prospects of using mosses (Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. and Pylaisia polyantha (Hedw.) Bruch et al.) as indicators of environmental contamination with heavy metals

Bioaccumulations of heavy metals in submerged macrophytes in the mountain river Biała Lądecka (Poland, Sudety Mts.)

“…There is much more information in the literature concerning F. antipyretica. In our study, the indicated concentrations of Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr, and Cu in this moss were in the range reported by the following authors (Say et al 1983, Vazquez et al 2004, Gapeeva et al 2010, Gecheva et al 2011, Martinez et al 2011. However, in the case of Hg and Zn, the maximum values given by the authors are much higher than those obtained in our study.…”

Use of Benthic Algae and Bryophytes for Monitoring Rivers

“…Although some recent studies have made considerable use of earlier literature (e.g. Gapeeva et al 2010), many others have been done without the researchers being much aware of what has been done previously. This is in largely because this approach, which was tested widely in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, is now mainly used in countries such as China with rapidly expanding industrial and mining activity, but without a long tradition of routine monitoring.…”