Water Quality Monitoring by Aquatic Bryophytes

Gecheva, Gana; Yurukova, Lilyana

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“…These results add to a growing body of literature finding that mosses are important bioindicators of water contamination [ 18 , 19 , 23 , 26 ]. The sources of contamination are likely direct discharges of household waste, agricultural, and industrial activities [ 5 , 6 ]. Another interpretation is that these zones have a lower percentage of vegetation cover as a result of higher urbanization.…”

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“…In particular, water contamination with metals is a great concern, given the difficulties associated with water purification, the persistence of high toxicity levels in the environment, and the tendency of metals to bioaccumulate in consumer organisms [3,4]. Thus, environmental pollution (e.g., river pollution) is a major environmental issue affecting freshwater habitats and consequently human health [5][6][7]. In Ecuador, water contamination is of special interest given the high rates of urbanization and city industrialization and the low levels of urban planning experimented by the cities in the last decades [7,8].…”

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“…Research usually showed higher concentrations of metals in the urban zones, related to wastewater and other contaminants [10,19,21,24,25]. Bryophytes therefore constitute a simple, reliable, and low-cost tool for biomonitoring [6,10].…”

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Platyhypnidium aquaticum as Bioindicator of Metal and Metalloid Contamination of River Water in a Neotropical Mountain City

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Torres

Morocho

et al. 2020

Plants

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Water contamination is a major environmental problem in many cities of the world. Most water contamination results from industry and human activities that generate toxic substances (e.g., metals). Rheophilic and aquatic mosses are found in lotic ecosystems, and their morphological and physiological traits are responsive to ecological and pollution gradients. Here we hypothesized that the native rheophilic moss Platyhypnidium aquaticum (A. Jaeger) M. Fleisch exposed to polluted waters can bioaccumulate greater amounts of metals, and a metalloid, than P. aquaticum exposed to pollution-free water. To this aim, we tested the bioindicator capacity of the aquatic P. aquaticum for 15 metals (Cd, Pb, Zn, Fe, K, Ca, Na, Mn, V, Co, Ba, Cr, Al, Sr, and Mg) and one metalloid (As), in twelve river samples coming from three urban and one control zone along the Zamora river in the city of Loja. When compared to the control, our results showed that P. aquaticum in the Southern, Central, and Northern zones of the city bioaccumulated higher concentrations of Ba, Cd, Co, Fe, Mg, Mn, Na, Sr, Zn, and the metalloid As. On the other hand, concentrations of Al, Ca, Cr, Pb, and V in P. aquaticum tended to be lower in the control zone, but these differences were not significant. We suggest that the presence of these contaminants may be related to water pollution (e.g., residual discharges and a lack of treatment systems) along urban zones of the river. We report for the first time the utility of P. aquaticum as a model species for development of long-term biomonitoring programs of water contamination in South America. Passive biomonitoring with P. aquaticum can be a simple and low-cost method to obtain reliable data of the current state of water contamination with metals and metalloids in tropical regions.

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Platyhypnidium aquaticum as Bioindicator of Metal and Metalloid Contamination of River Water in a Neotropical Mountain City

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The influence of nitrate pollution on elemental and isotopic composition of aquatic and semi-aquatic bryophytes

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Cano

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A Case Study to Evaluate the Environmental Impact of Aquatic Lower Plants in Mesopotamia (Particularly the Kurdistan Region of Iraq)

Maulood¹,

Ismail²,

Hamdi³

2023

Sustainable Development

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This study deals with the role of lower plants particularly (Ferns, Mosses & Algae) in the aquatic ecosystem within the fertile crescent in Mesopotamia. It focuses especially on the Kurdistan of Iraq, which might be one of the most productive and fertile areas in the whole Middle East. Furthermore, it is an endeavor to show the environmental impact and assess the effect of climatic and non-climatic parameters on non-flowering plants in the region. Knowledge about the presence and distribution of a such group of plants in this part of the world is so poor, particularly with respect to ferns, makes one to draw attention the necessity of such a study. This investigation is an attempt to reduce the existing gap of knowledge on lower plants in the region; furthermore, it will undoubtedly gravitate attention to the need for much more scientific information in this area, in years to come.

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Water Quality Monitoring by Aquatic Bryophytes

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References 102 publications

Platyhypnidium aquaticum as Bioindicator of Metal and Metalloid Contamination of River Water in a Neotropical Mountain City

Platyhypnidium aquaticum as Bioindicator of Metal and Metalloid Contamination of River Water in a Neotropical Mountain City

The influence of nitrate pollution on elemental and isotopic composition of aquatic and semi-aquatic bryophytes

A Case Study to Evaluate the Environmental Impact of Aquatic Lower Plants in Mesopotamia (Particularly the Kurdistan Region of Iraq)

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