Biological Monitoring Using Lichens as a Source of Information About Contamination of Mountain with Heavy Metals

Budzyńska-Lipka, Wiktoria; Świsłowski, Paweł; Rajfur, Małgorzata

doi:10.2478/eces-2022-0012

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“…This work demonstrates that even simple categorisation of mass size distributions by wind direction, without any atmospheric transport simulations, can give results that are the first step to distinguish sources. It is important to note that size distributions can be affected by the inflow from distant sources, as it was shown in [40,41]. Therefore, the source apportionment, related to the mass size distributions, can be developed but to improve the source apportionment a decomposition method, similar to Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) [42], has to be determined for size distributions.…”

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One-Year-Long, Comprehensive Analysis of PM Number and Mass Size Distributions in Warszawa (Poland)

BIHAŁOWICZ,

ROGULA-KOZŁOWSKA,

ROGULA-KOPIEC

et al. 2023

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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The properties of particulate matter PM, including its impact on the environment and human health, depend mainly on the size (more precisely: size distribution) of the particles since the size is usually dependent on the processes/sources of the PM. This work presents the results of a one-year-long measurement campaign of PM. PALAS Fidas 200 from Airpointer air quality station was used. The PM was measured in Warsaw, Poland continuously from 1st May 2022 to 30th April 2023; size distribution was recorded with 120 s intervals and averaged in 3600 s periods. It was found, that the number and the mass size distribution varied depending on the averaging period (different hours of the day, different days of the week, and different months of the year). Additionally, the authors determined the periods of impact on selected sources (traffic emission, municipal emission, and industrial emission) on the number and mass size distributions of PM at the sampling site. Monitoring of number and mass size distributions of PM is a relatively easy and more cost-effective method than analysing the chemical composition of PM. Therefore, is crucial to develop a method of identifying sources of PM based on size distributions. It was found that such a method can be in the future as successful in source apportionment as in the analysis of chemical compositions.

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One-Year-Long, Comprehensive Analysis of PM Number and Mass Size Distributions in Warszawa (Poland)

BIHAŁOWICZ,

ROGULA-KOZŁOWSKA,

ROGULA-KOPIEC

et al. 2023

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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“…Lacking protective structures, lichens are particularly sensitive to changes in air elemental composition, reflecting rapidly and clearly even air pollution episodes. In addition, many species are great bio-accumulators of potentially toxic elements (PTEs), showing both the presence and the bio-availability of these airborne contaminants [24][25][26]. The costeffectiveness of the analysis combined with the considerable availability of lichen material make it possible to transplant lichens into the study area according to the aim of the research, improving the sampling effort where it is required and obtaining a fine-grained map of the biological impact of air pollution over the study area.…”

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Assessing Environmental Justice at the Urban Scale: The Contribution of Lichen Biomonitoring for Overcoming the Dichotomy between Proximity-Based and Distribution-Based Approaches

Contardo,

Loppi

2024

Atmosphere

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In this study, we tested the use of lichen biomonitoring techniques for the assessment of air quality disparities at the urban scale. We based our evaluation on the results of a previous lichen biomonitoring study carried out in Milan (Northern Italy), which estimates the contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and its distribution over the area, also providing an evaluation of the main emission sources. Therefore, we used the traditional methodologies for environmental justice assessment: the proximity-based and the distribution-based approaches. The workflow we propose is a data-driven selection of emission sources that contributes to overcoming the dichotomy between the two approaches and is now widely debated in the scientific community. A socio-economic deprivation index was elaborated for each census unit of Milan city and then related to the proximity of the emission sources previously selected. The results suggested that in the surrounding of industries and railways, the deprivation is higher, while the proximity of main roads is inhabited by wealthier populations. The distribution-based approach was run through a quantile regression analysis, and the outcome indicated that among the wealthier groups, an increase in contamination is followed by an increase in socio-economic deprivation, whilst among the deprived groups, people with greater economic opportunities tend, however, to live in worse air quality conditions due to the proximity of communication routes. This study poses the potential to review the classical methods of EJ assessment, providing a reliable workflow applicable in urban areas—the most vulnerable in terms of air quality disparities in the present and in the future.

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“…change in water balance), hydromorphology and aquatic organism habitat diversity [12,16,17]. Severe anthropopressure can result in major changes in the biodiversity and ecological functions of small rivers due to changes in community composition, introduction of alien species, community homogenisation and loss of riparian habitats [18][19][20][21], therefore, hydrometric activities and biomonitoring of the environment is very important [22]. According to Dynesius and Nilsson [4], small rivers worldwide are the aquatic ecosystems most affected by industry and agriculture.…”

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How do Different Types of River Maintenance Works Affect the Ichthyofauna of Small European Watercourses?

BRYSIEWICZ,

CZERNIEJEWSKI,

SIECZKO

2023

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Watercourses serve the needs of agriculture in certain sections and are subject to strong anthropopressure. When agriculture prevails in the catchment, it often has abundant vegetation, macrophytes in particular, and the bottom is covered by a substantial layer of silt. In order to ensure patency of flow and access to water, small watercourses are very often subject to river maintenance works. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of 3 types of works on the diversity of fish species and density of fish in the 1 and 2 year after the works at 21 sites located on 8 rivers in the European Central Plains Ecoregion. As a result of the works, especially in the 1 year after the works, significant changes were found in hydrochemical and hydrological parameters, especially with the increase in velocity and mean depth in watercourses. Additionally, habitat change contributed to differences in the composition of the ichthyofaunal. After 1 year, the diversity of fish species and fish population density increased or remained unchanged after dredging and removal of plants from the river channel, but they decreased after the removal of macrophytes from river banks. After year 2, a decrease in the diversity of fish species and density was observed, associated with re-infestation and siltation of the watercourses. Particularly in the case of dredging and removal of macrophytes from the river bank, maintenance works should not be done too frequently, because some species of natural value disappear.

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Biological Monitoring Using Lichens as a Source of Information About Contamination of Mountain with Heavy Metals

Cited by 4 publications

References 61 publications

One-Year-Long, Comprehensive Analysis of PM Number and Mass Size Distributions in Warszawa (Poland)

One-Year-Long, Comprehensive Analysis of PM Number and Mass Size Distributions in Warszawa (Poland)

Assessing Environmental Justice at the Urban Scale: The Contribution of Lichen Biomonitoring for Overcoming the Dichotomy between Proximity-Based and Distribution-Based Approaches

How do Different Types of River Maintenance Works Affect the Ichthyofauna of Small European Watercourses?

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