Country-specific correlations across Europe between modelled atmospheric cadmium and lead deposition and concentrations in mosses

Harmens, Harry; Ilyin, Ilia; Mills, Gina; Aboal, J.R.; Alber, Renate; Blum, Oleg; Çoşkun, Mahmut; Temmerman, Ludwig De; Fernández, J.Á.; Figueira, Rui; Frontasyeva, M. V.; Godzik, Barbara; Goltsova, N.; Jeran, Zvonka; Korzekwa, Szymon; Kubin, Eero; Kviȩtkus, K.; Leblond, Sébastien; Liiv, Siiri; Magnússon, Sigurður H.; Maňkovská, B.; Nikodemus, Oļģerts; Pesch, Roland; Poikolainen, Jarmo; Radnović, Dragan; Rühling, Åke; Santamarı́a, Jesús; Schröder, Winfried; Špirić, Zdravko; Stafilov, Trajče; Steinnes, E.; Suchara, Ivan; Tabors, Guntis; Thöni, Lotti; Turcsányi, Gábor; Yurukova, Lilyana; Zechmeister, Harald G.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2012.02.013

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“…High and significant positive correlations (r 2 = 0.90, P=0.0001) were found between Pb and Cd in moss samples (N=25). The significant positive correlations between the concentration of Cd and Pb in mosses were found for about two thirds of the countries participating in the European moss survey since 1990 (Harmens et al, 2012). At the European scale, it is probably related to the long-range transport of air pollution (Harmens et al 2015).…”

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First survey of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Kosovo using moss biomonitoring

Maxhuni

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Kane

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Environ Sci Pollut Res

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(2010 -2014 survey). The geographical distribution maps of the elements over the sampled territory were constructed using GIS technology. The concentrations of Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn were higher than the respective median values of Europe, suggesting that the zones with heavy vehicular traffic and industries emission input are important emitters of these elements. Selected zones are highly polluted particularly by Cd, Pb, Hg and Ni. The statistical analyses revealed that a strong correlation exists between the Pb and Cd content in mosses and the degree of pollution in the studied sites were assessed.

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First survey of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Kosovo using moss biomonitoring

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Lazo

Kane

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“…Harmens and his European colleagues have found that mosses are reliable indicators of air pollution risks to ecosystems; because they get most of their nutrients directly from the air and rain, rather than the soil [28,32,33]. Since 2000 the European moss survey has been conducted by a special international programme (ICP Vegetation).…”

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Environmental Pollution With Heavy Metals in the Republic of Macedonia

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2017

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An overview to the results from the application of various spectrometric (atomic absorption spectrometry, AAS; inductively coupled plasma -atomic emission spectrometry, ICP-AES; and inductively coupled plasma -mass spectrometry, ICP-MS) and radioanalytical (neutron activation analysis, NAA) techniques in environmental pollution studies in the Republic of Macedonia are presented. The results from the surveys of the pollution with heavy metals of soil, air and food are reported. The pollution with heavy metals in the particular regions was additionally investigated using moss, lichens, attic dust, soil, water and sediment samples. The results from the study of the pollution in the cities of Veles (lead and zinc smelter plant), Kavadarci (ferronickel smelter plant), Radoviš (copper mine and flotation), Probištip, Makedonska Kamenica and Kriva Palanka (lead and zinc mines and flotation plants) and Bitola and Kičevo (thermoelectric power plants) are presented.

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“…Estudos realizados na Europa, a partir de 1990 envolvendo 25 países, utilizando musgos e metais pesados (HARMENS et al, 2010;HARMENS et al, 2011, HARMENS et al, 2012 evidenciaram que concentrações de As, Cr, Cd, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Pb,V, Zn, aumentaram naturalmente, e em 2005 foi observado também, aumento para o Al e Sb. Em 2010, um estudo piloto sobre biomonitores de poluentes orgânicos persistentes selecionados (HARMENS et al, 2013 a,b ) avaliou as tendências temporais nas últimas duas décadas quanto a emissão e deposição de metais pesados por meio de musgos.…”

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Musgos Como Bioindicadores De Metais Pesados No Ambiente

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RESUMORecentemente, inúmeras pesquisas envolvendo degradação ambiental oriunda das poluições atmosférica, terrestre e aquática, tem como foco o uso de animais ou vegetais, que apresentem respostas no sentido de controlar e indicar o nível de deterioração nos ambientes afetados por ações antrópicas. Dentre os organismos indicadores denominados biomonitores, estão os musgos do Filo Bryophyta responsáveis por respostas significativas frente aos impactos gerados pelo descarte indevido de substâncias, que contêm em sua composição metais pesados. Os metais pesados são considerados um dos principais poluentes que afetam os recursos naturais. Geralmente, os mesmos são oriundos de técnicas agrícolas ou mecanismos urbanos que produzem resíduos. Nesta linha, o presente estudo de revisão visa relacionar, principalmente, os efeitos da poluição dos recursos naturais a partir do uso de musgos como bioindicadores de traços metálicos no ambiente.Palavras-chave: Poluição; Monitoramento; Musgos; Resíduos. ABSTRACTRecently, several researches involving environmental degradation originating from atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic pollution, focus on animals or plants uses, which present responses in order to control and indicate environmental deterioration levels affected by anthropogenic actions. Among environmental indicator organisms called biomonitors, we have mosses of Bryophyta phyllo responsible for significant responses to impacts generated by undue disposal of substances, which contain heavy metals in their composition. Heavy metals are considered one of the main pollutants that affect natural resources. Generally, they are derived from agricultural techniques or urban waste-producing mechanisms. In this line, the present short review aims to relate, mainly effects of pollution of natural resources from the use of mosses as bioindicators of metallic traces in environment.Keywords: Pollution; Monitoring; Mosses; Residue IntroduçãoAtualmente inúmeras são as pesquisas cujo tema está relacionado aos impactos ambientais causados pela ação humana. Dentre as ações mais relevantes, destacam-se o desmatamento e o despejo de resíduos, resultantes das atividades urbanas e industriais providas de amplas práticas antrópicas que ocasionam aumento significativo no nível de degradação ambiental causada pela liberação de metais pesados no ambiente (SORVARI et al., 2007), o que afeta nocivamente o desenvolvimento e sobrevivência da fauna (TORO et al., 2010) e flora.Tal fator resulta na queda acentuada da biodiversidade das espécies, em função desta desestruturação do ambiente físico, químico além de alterações na dinâmica e estrutura das comunidades biológicas (CALLISTO et al., 2001).

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Country-specific correlations across Europe between modelled atmospheric cadmium and lead deposition and concentrations in mosses

Cited by 89 publications

References 18 publications

First survey of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Kosovo using moss biomonitoring

First survey of atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Kosovo using moss biomonitoring

Environmental Pollution With Heavy Metals in the Republic of Macedonia

Musgos Como Bioindicadores De Metais Pesados No Ambiente

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