Some Notes on the Ecology of the "Copper Mosses"

Berggren, Anna-Lena; Mårtensson, Olle

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“…The presence of plentiful Cu absorbing bryophytes species in these areas supports the current investigation. A significant decline in Cu content during summer compared to winter may possibly be explained by considering the actuality on shifting from moist to dry climates, the dry deposition increases (Martensson and Berggren, 1951;Couto et al, 2004). Concentration and allocation pattern of Cu and Zn in Riccia billardieri were somewhat alike and mutually they were high in pastoral parts located near the studied area.…”

Section: Copper (Cu)mentioning

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Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution at Mount Abu (Rajasthan, India) using Riccia Billardieri Mont. & Nees Ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees (Bryophyta: Hepaticae)

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Sharma³

2014

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Abstract. In current effort the level of selected atmospheric pollutants viz. S, Cu, Cd, Zn, Pb and Co was projected in samples of the common thalloid liverwort Riccia billardieri Mont. & Nees ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees, from Mount Abu, (Rajasthan, India). Concentration of studied elements in plant tissue for R. billardieri was reported in the order of S> Zn> Pb> Cu> Cd>Co, while in substrate it was Zn> Pb> Cu> Cd> S> Co. Quantitative analysis of these elements in vegetative thalli of R. billardieri and the substrate showed a remarkable increase in metallic content during winter, which reveals the significance of this thalloid liverwort as an effective biological sink for metal pollutants present in the soil and air.

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Section: Copper (Cu)mentioning

confidence: 94%

Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution at Mount Abu (Rajasthan, India) using Riccia Billardieri Mont. & Nees Ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees (Bryophyta: Hepaticae)

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Sharma³

2014

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“…Martensson and Berggren (1954) wrote concerning the same moss that they studied in Sweden, "We also tried to analyse the mosses, but it was not possible to free the tufts of alluvial sand, silt, and soil from the weathered schist." I have shown (Shacklette, 1965b, p. D17-D18) that for elements that ordinarily are concentrated in plants in amounts greater than occur in the substrate (copper is one of these elements) contamination of the sample by the substrate may not be a problem in demonstrating element uptake by bryophytes.…”

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“…Apparently, there are no chemical and physiological researches on these bryophytes up to now; the rarity and exceptional difficulty of cultivation of these mosses makes research on them not easy to perform. Martensson and Berggren (1954) analyzed substrates on which Mielichhoferia elongata and Dryptodon atratus (Mielichh.) Limpr.…”

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Copper mosses as indicators of metal concentrations

Shacklette¹

1967

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“…Certain species of bryophytes are known to be either commonly or exclusively associated with mineral deposits. Most significant of these are the "copper mosses," which were discussed at length by Martensson and Berggren (1954), Schatz (1955), Persson (1948Persson ( ,1956, and others. References to the association of bryophytes with metallic elements other than copper are sparse in botanical literature, but some of these references are given in the papers by the above-cited authors.…”

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Bryophytes associated with mineral deposits and solutions in Alaska

Shacklette¹

1965

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Many bryophyte species are associated with concentrations of minerals, but in Alaska only two species seem to have an obligate relation to certain minerals; these species are Gymnocolea acutiloba, which grows on or near copper deposits, and Grimmia maritime, which grows on coastal rocks that are continually being coated with sodium chloride from sea spray. Nardia scalaris grows on soil containing 0.6 percent copper, and Oligotrichum parallelum and 0, Uercyni&wm grow on mineralized rock containing 0,26 percent nickel and 0.21 percent copper. Rhacomitrium sudeticum was found growing on copper ore that contains 30.45 percent copper. Soil containing 165-215 ppm (parts per million) copper in the A horizon supports many species. Only Cephalozia Mcuspidata was found growing on an ore vein that contains 12.9 percent lead and 34.0 percent zinc, although several other bryophyte species grew on rock adjacent to the vein. Soil containing 1,300 ppm lead and 870 ppm zinc does not inhibit bryophyte growth. Luxuriant bryophyte mats overlie soil that contains 40 ppm mercury, 95 ppm antimony, and 900 ppm arsenic in the A horizon. Blepnarostoma trichophyllum, Cephalo-zia, bicuspidata, Dicrcmella cerviculata, D. subulata, and LopJiozia wenzelii grow on gypsum evaporite and are incrusted with this mineral. Eleven species grow on tufa deposits, and some species are heavily incrusted. Only a few species grow on pyrite, but many species grow over pyrite bodies on the acid A horizon of soil that contains 200 ppm lead, 150 ppm zinc, and 400 ppm copper. Limonite precipitated from stream water is forming fossil casts of vascular plants and liverworts and, in places, has formed consolidated deposits of these. High iron content in water apparently does not inhibit the growth of bryophytes, and many species occur in this environment. Serpentinized rock weathers to form soil containing as much as 4,000 ppm nickel and 900 ppm chromium, yet these elements have no visible effect on the bryoflora; 21 species, both calcicole and silicole, were found growing on serpentinized rock. Six bryophyte species grow on substrates that are submerged in sea water at high tide, and 23 species were found at sites subjected to sea spray.

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Some Notes on the Ecology of the "Copper Mosses"

Cited by 15 publications

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Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution at Mount Abu (Rajasthan, India) using Riccia Billardieri Mont. & Nees Ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees (Bryophyta: Hepaticae)

Biomonitoring of Heavy Metal Pollution at Mount Abu (Rajasthan, India) using Riccia Billardieri Mont. & Nees Ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees (Bryophyta: Hepaticae)

Copper mosses as indicators of metal concentrations

Bryophytes associated with mineral deposits and solutions in Alaska

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