Long-established and new active biomonitors jointly reveal potentially toxic element gradients across spatial scales in freshwater ecosystems

Bellino, Alessandro; Alfani, Anna; Riso, Laura De; Gregorio, Romano; Pellegrino, Tommaso; Baldantoni, Daniela

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106742

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“…After selection of a species that shows high accumulation abilities, the bioindicator should be validated based on a direct positive correlation between element concentrations in plants and their environment or differences/gradients between the contents of analyzed elements in plant tissues from sampling sites of different characteristics (Baldantoni et al, 2018; Bellino et al, 2020; Polechońska et al, 2019; Skorbiłowicz et al, 2018). However, accumulation efficiency, metal concentrations in tissues, and hence usefulness in bioindication in natural conditions depend on many factors and local conditions, so few only general patterns emerge from the literature review.…”

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“…Therefore, in recent years, studies concerning assessment of the state and stability of aquatic ecosystems have gained importance (Eid et al, 2020; Kurilenko & Osmolovskaya, 2007) and monitoring of trace element pollution in aquatic ecosystems has become one of the hot topics in environmental sciences (Zhou et al, 2008). Assessment of pollution is a key tool which helps to implement appropriate control measures and prevent irreversible damage to aquatic habitats (Phillips et al, 2015); and among the diverse methods available the use of bioaccumulators is the primary choice in freshwater monitoring because they provide a straight quantitative response, that is, pollutant concentrations correlated with the time‐integrated dose (Bellino et al, 2020).…”

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Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment

Polechońska

Klink

2022

WIREs Water

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Pollution with trace elements is considered a global problem due to their persistence, nondegradability, and toxicity to living organisms. Aquatic ecosystems are often the final sinks for trace elements, but these pollutants are quickly diluted and difficult to detect and, therefore, comprehensive monitoring of pollution is needed to implement appropriate control measures and prevent irreversible damage to these habitats. Bioindication is one of the recommended methods as it provides information not only on the pollution level but also on the bioavailability of elements and their biological impact. The paper is a synthetic review of the knowledge about the use of macrophytes as passive bioindicators (accumulator taxa) of trace element pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Various aspects of bioindication using accumulator aquatic plants are discussed: the criteria defined for the organisms used in biogeochemical bioindication, advantages of plants as accumulative bioindicators, general trends in the uptake, and accumulation of pollutants by macrophytes (including differences between life forms, organs, and seasons). The use of various groups of macrophytes in accumulative bioindication is described in detail with an emphasis on the relationship between element levels in plant tissues and their habitat as well as performance in the detection of pollution gradients.Knowledge gaps and limitations in the field of bioindication using accumulative macrophytes are indicated and the future perspective is outlined.

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Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment

Polechońska

Klink

2022

WIREs Water

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“…The possible pollutant accumulation capability of mosses may be used in bioremediation and biomonitoring approaches. In the past decades, biomonitoring with moss transplants has gained popularity (Ares et al., 2011) to supplement the gap in coverage enhancing the spatial and temporal resolution of the data (Calabrese et al., 2015; Cowden & Aherne, 2019), thus becoming a reliable and useful tool in water quality assessment (Bellino et al., 2020). In particular, the moss bag technique allows investigating various pollutants simultaneously and monitoring areas where aquatic mosses are not available in situ, especially in disturbed areas.…”

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“…The euryecious moss Fontinalis antipyretica Hewd. is widely distributed in temperate regions and is easy to identify and to handle in the laboratory; therefore, it is the most commonly used bryophyte to asses inland water quality in relation to metal contamination (Bellino et al., 2020; Debén et al., 2016). To the best of our knowledge, no studies have focused on the relationship between this aquatic moss and PAHs in water under laboratory conditions, and very few studies have examined this in aquatic ecosystems (Augusto et al., 2011; Roy et al., 1996; lake and urban streams, respectively).…”

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Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the devitalized aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica: From laboratory to field conditions

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This work aims to test the feasibility of a Fontinalis antipyretica devitalized moss clone to uptake and accumulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from surface waters. To assess the capability of the devitalized clone to accumulate PAHs, in the laboratory, moss was placed in water and spiked with increasing concentrations of 16 PAHs, and under field conditions, the moss was transplanted to 22 sites of Galicia (Spain) rivers. In general, PAH concentrations in water samples were lower than the maximum allowable concentrations from Directive 2013/39/EU, so the sampling sites did not show water PAH contamination. The exponential accumulation kinetic in the laboratory trial highlights a good capability of the devitalized moss clone to accumulate total PAHs. In field experiments, the hydrogeological conditions and the low emission sources caused low concentrations of PAHs in the water system and, consequently, in the transplants, although an enrichment can be observed for several PAHs. Overall, the devitalized clone of F. antipyretica can uptake and accumulate PAHs in water and may be useful in bioremediation strategies.

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On the effectiveness of the red alga Laurencia microcladia as a PAH biomonitor in coastal marine ecosystems

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Picariello,

Bellino

et al. 2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Long-established and new active biomonitors jointly reveal potentially toxic element gradients across spatial scales in freshwater ecosystems

Cited by 11 publications

References 41 publications

Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment

Macrophytes as passive bioindicators of trace element pollution in the aquatic environment

Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the devitalized aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica: From laboratory to field conditions

On the effectiveness of the red alga Laurencia microcladia as a PAH biomonitor in coastal marine ecosystems

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