Temporal trends of element concentrations and ecophysiological parameters in the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea transplanted in and around an industrial area of S Italy

Corapi, Anna; Gallo, Luana; Nicolardi, Valentina; Lucadamo, Lucio

doi:10.1007/s10661-013-3607-3

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“…The higher loss of K, Na, S and P by dead samples is in accordance with previous observations of impairment of lichen intracellular uptake mechanisms caused by ultrastructural/physiological damage (e.g. Tretiach et al 2007;Spagnuolo et al 2011;Corapi et al 2014). Indeed, when plasma membranes are severely damaged, the cytoplasmatic immobilization of ions by intracellular binding matrix may result impaired (Tyler 1989), causing the loss of ions (Asta and Garrec 1980;Bargagli and Mikhailova 2002).…”

Section: Bioaccumulation Capacity Of Living and Dead Samplessupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Unfortunately, transplant biomonitoring over large areas is associated to the regular testing of lichen vitality only exceptionally (e.g. Corapi et al 2014). Hence, devitalization of sample before exposure might be the best solution to decrease the variability of the results ascribable to possible variations in sample vitality during the exposure, maximizing the 'signal-to-noise' ratio.…”

Section: Pollutant Loads and Lichen Health: The Risk Of Interpretativmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Element accumulation performance of living and dead lichens in a large-scale transplant application

Cecconi

Fortuna

Peplis

et al. 2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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In bioaccumulation studies, sample devitalization through acid washing or oven drying is commonly applied to enhance the element accumulation efficiency of moss sample. Such aspect, however, has never been considered in biomonitoring surveys using lichens. In this study, the trace element accumulation performance of living (L) and dead (D) samples of the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea was compared by a side-by-side transplanting at 40 sites in a large, mixed land use area of NE Italy for 8 weeks. Devitalization was achieved without any physico-chemical treatments, by storing lichen samples in a dark cool room for 18 months. Health status of lichens was assessed before and after the sample exposure by chlorophyll fluorescence emission. Although elemental analysis of the two exposed sample sets revealed a similar trace element pollution scenario, the content of 13 out of the 24 selected elements was higher in D samples. By expressing results as exposed-to-unexposed (EU) ratio, D samples show a higher bioaccumulation signal in 80% of transplant sites for Al, Ca, Fe, Hg, Pb and Ti. Overall, the health status of lichen samples might lead to interpretational discrepancies when EU ratio is classified according to the recently proposed bioaccumulation scale.

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Section: Bioaccumulation Capacity Of Living and Dead Samplessupporting

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Section: Pollutant Loads and Lichen Health: The Risk Of Interpretativmentioning

confidence: 99%

Element accumulation performance of living and dead lichens in a large-scale transplant application

Cecconi

Fortuna

Peplis

et al. 2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Nevertheless, assuming Sb as a main tracer of traffic emissions, positive correlations emerged between Sb and Ba (r=0.52, p<0.05), Cr (r=0.65, p<0.001), Cu (r=0.66, p<0.001), Fe (r=0.37, p<0.05) and Zn (r=0.70, p<0.001), suggesting also that the intracellular content of these elements was partially associated with vehicular traffic. The content of trace elements in lichen thalli is greatly influenced by season (Corapi et al 2014). Rain may change the elemental composition of the particles adsorbed onto the thallus surface through the partial removal of the adhering particles, forming leachates enriched in soluble elements (Lang et al 1976, Brown andBrown 1991).…”

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Seasonal variations in intracellular trace element content and physiological parameters in the lichen Evernia prunastri transplanted to an urban environment

Vannini

Paoli

Nicolardi

et al. 2017

Acta Botanica Croatica

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-In this study we investigated the seasonal variations in the intracellular content of 14 trace elements (Al, As, Ba, Cd, Ce, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Pd, Sb, Zn) and physiological parameters (namely chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, ergosterol, photosynthetic efficiency, cell membrane integrity) in the thalli of the lichen Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach. exposed to an urban environment (Siena, central Italy). Lichen thalli were collected before each exposure period from an unpolluted area and transplanted to 16 sites; every 3 months the thalli were retrieved and replaced with new ones. Exposed-to-control ratios of trace elements revealed a marked intracellular accumulation of Cd in summer and autumn, and of Sb in autumn and spring, possibly as a result of vehicular traffic pollution. However, considering the low absolute concentrations of these elements, the intracellular fraction of depositions may hardly have caused an impairment of physiological parameters. As a matter of fact, indicators of photobiont vitality (content of chlorophylls a and b and photosynthetic efficiency) did not show any fluctuation across seasons, while changes in the indicators of mycobiont vitality (cell membrane damage and ergosterol content) overall did reflect some seasonal changes and/or lichen growth.

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“…Indeed, dust storms are typical in summer in the Astrakhan region. High levels of Al and Mg in lichens were recorded in regions rich with dolomites and lime substrates [30]. Significant amount of metals causing damage to vascular plants, is present in lichens in non-soluble forms (as oxalates), which results in physiological deactivation of these metals [31].…”

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Comparative Evaluation of Antioxidant Status and Mineral Composition of Diploschistes ocellatus, Calvatia candida (rostk.) Hollós, Battarrea phalloides and Artemisia lerchiana in Conditions of High Soil Salinity

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Толпышева

Lapchenko³

et al. 2023

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Natural reserves play a fundamental role in maintaining flora and fauna biodiversity, but the biochemical characteristics of such ecosystems have been studied in an extremely fragmentary way. For the first time, mineral composition and antioxidant status of three systematic groups of organisms, lichens (Diplischistes ocellatus), mushrooms (Calvatia candida and Battarrea phalloides) and wormwood (Artemisia lerchiana) have been described at the territory of Bogdinsko-Baskunchak Nature Reserve (Astrakhan region, Russia), characterized by high salinity and solar radiation, and water deficiency. Through ICP-MS, it was determined that scale lichen D. ocellatus accumulated up to 10–15% Ca, 0.5% Fe, 15 mg kg−1 d.w. iodine (I), 54.5 mg kg−1 Cr. Battarrea phalloides demonstrated anomalously high concentrations of B, Cu, Fe, Mn Se, Zn, Sr and low Na levels, contrary to Calvatia candida mushrooms accumulating up to 10,850 mg kg−1 Na and only 3 mg kg−1 Sr. The peculiarity of A. lerchiana plants was the high accumulation of B (22.23 mg kg−1 d.w.), Mn (57.48 mg kg−1 d.w.), and antioxidants (total antioxidant activity: 68.6 mg GAE g−1 d.w.; polyphenols: 21.0 mg GAE g−1 d.w.; and proline: 5.45 mg g−1 d.w.). Diploschistes ocellatus and Calvatia candida demonstrated the lowest antioxidant status: 3.6–3.8 mg GAE g−1 d.w. total antioxidant activity, 1.73–2.10 mg GAE g−1 d.w. polyphenols and 2.0–5.3 mg g−1 d.w. proline. Overall, according to the elemental analysis of lichen from Baskunchak Nature Reserve compared to the Southern Crimean seashore, the vicinity of Baskunchak Salty Lake elicited increased environmental levels of Cr, Si, Li, Fe, Co, Ni and Ca.

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Temporal trends of element concentrations and ecophysiological parameters in the lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea transplanted in and around an industrial area of S Italy

Cited by 12 publications

References 72 publications

Element accumulation performance of living and dead lichens in a large-scale transplant application

Element accumulation performance of living and dead lichens in a large-scale transplant application

Seasonal variations in intracellular trace element content and physiological parameters in the lichen Evernia prunastri transplanted to an urban environment

Comparative Evaluation of Antioxidant Status and Mineral Composition of Diploschistes ocellatus, Calvatia candida (rostk.) Hollós, Battarrea phalloides and Artemisia lerchiana in Conditions of High Soil Salinity

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