Active biomonitoring with wet and dry moss: a case study in an urban area

Active biomonitoring of the air quality in Belgrade, Serbia, was performed using the moss Sphagnum girgensohnii. Moss bags were exposed in parallel with and without irrigation for 3 and 6 months, respectively, at three different sites. Twenty-nine elements were determined in the exposed moss samples...

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Published in:Environmental chemistry letters 2009-02, Vol.7 (1), p.55-60
Main Authors: Aničić, M, Tasić, M, Frontasyeva, M. V, Tomašević, M, Rajšić, S, Strelkova, L. P, Popović, A, Steinnes, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Air quality
aluminum
Analytical Chemistry
bags
Biomonitoring
case studies
chromium
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental monitoring
exposure duration
Flowers & plants
Freshwater
Geochemistry
iron
irrigation
Mosses
mosses and liverworts
Original Paper
Pollution
Sphagnum girgensohnii
Urban areas
zinc
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Summary:Active biomonitoring of the air quality in Belgrade, Serbia, was performed using the moss Sphagnum girgensohnii. Moss bags were exposed in parallel with and without irrigation for 3 and 6 months, respectively, at three different sites. Twenty-nine elements were determined in the exposed moss samples by INAA. For all exposure periods, higher uptake in the irrigated moss bags was evident for Al, Cr, Fe, Zn and Sr. Elements such as Cl, K, Rb and Cs were depleted in the moss tissue during the time of exposure. For most of the elements the accumulation after 6 months exceeded that observed after 3 months.
ISSN:1610-3653
1610-3661
DOI:10.1007/s10311-008-0135-4