Accumulation Capacities of Particulate Matter in an Acrocarpous and a Pleurocarpous Moss Exposed at Three Differently Polluted Sites (Industrial, Urban and Rural)

The aim of this study was to compare the capacity of two morphologically different moss species to accumulate elements when exposed to three different types of air pollution (rural, urban and industrial). Transplants of Pseudoscleropodium purum and Ceratodon purpureus were exposed for 6 months, and...

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Published in:Water, air, and soil pollution air, and soil pollution, 2010-10, Vol.212 (1-4), p.205-217
Main Authors: Fabure, J, Meyer, C, Denayer, F, Gaudry, A, Gilbert, D, Bernard, N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerosols
Air pollution
Airborne particulates
Aluminum
Applied sciences
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Bryophyta
Cadmium
Ceratodon purpureus
Chromium
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Copper
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology, environment
Environment
Environmental monitoring
Exact sciences and technology
Exposure
Heavy metal content
Hydrogeology
Indicator organisms
Industrial pollution
Iron
Lead
Lead (metal)
Life Sciences
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Metals
Morphology
Moss
Mosses
Outdoor air quality
Particulate matter
Physiology
Pollution
Pseudoscleropodium purum
Rural
Soil Science & Conservation
Studies
Titanium
Trace elements
Traffic
Water Quality/Water Pollution
Zinc
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Summary:The aim of this study was to compare the capacity of two morphologically different moss species to accumulate elements when exposed to three different types of air pollution (rural, urban and industrial). Transplants of Pseudoscleropodium purum and Ceratodon purpureus were exposed for 6 months, and the concentrations of 18 elements (Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd, Sn, Sb, Ba, La, Pb and Bi) in the mosses samples were analysed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. On the whole, the metals were accumulated by mosses, and this accumulation was correlated with concentrations in the atmospheric particles. Whereas P. purum is to be preferred for Al, Cu, Zn and Fe monitoring, C. purpureus was most efficient at accumulating Mo, Ti, V, As, Sn, La and Pb. In both species, a phenomenon of saturation was observed during the exposure at the most contaminated site (industrial).
ISSN:0049-6979
1573-2932
DOI:10.1007/s11270-010-0333-0