The use of mosses and pine needles to detect persistent organic pollutants at local and regional scales

Holoubek, Ivan; Kor̆ínek, Pavel; Šeda, Zdeněk; Schneiderová, E.; Holoubková, Irena; Pacl, A.; Triska, Jan F.; Cudlín, Pavel; Čáslavský, Josef

doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00260-2

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“…However, the PCB levels measured in spruce/pine needles, a widely employed bioindicator with cuticular wax, are worth mentioning. The concentrations were generally low (<1 ng/g) for measured individual congeners at remote sites (PCB-28, 52, 101, 138, 153, and 180;Klánová et al 2009) and in a background area in Czech Republic (PCB-28, 52, and 101; Holoubek et al 2000), in Dalian, China (summation of PCBs with the same degree of chlorination; Chen et al 2006) and in Zagreb, Croatia (17 of 20 PCB congeners; Kožul and Romanić 2008). The concentrations were generally >1 ng/g for PCB-28, 52, and 60 in Zagreb, Croatia (Kožul and Romanić 2008), and for 52,60,74,101,138, and 153 along the Adriatic coast, Croatia (Romanić and Klinčić 2012); up to 50 ng/g for total PCBs in heavily industrialized and populated areas of Poland (Falandysz et al 2012;Wyrzykowska et al 2007); up to 270 ng/g with an average of 93 ng/g for Σ 15 PCBs in Beijing, China (Xu et al 2004); and up to 128 ng/g for total PCBs around a hazardous waste incinerator in Canada (Blais et al 2003).…”

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“…Vegetation has been used as bioindicators of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the atmosphere (Blais et al 2003;Chen et al 2006;Eriksson et al 1989;Holoubek et al 2000;Klánová et al 2009;Kožul and Romanić 2008;Mast et al 2012;Tato et al 2011;Wyrzykowska et al 2007), which includes grass, tree bark, leaves of an Australian native tree (Melaleuca leucadendra), spruce needles, pine needles, and lichens/mosses. The last two have been the most preferred ones.…”

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“…The last two have been the most preferred ones. The reason for that is lichens and mosses do not have a root system so that uptake occurs only via the atmosphere, while pine needles have a waxy surface that enables accumulation of organic contaminants up to 3 years from both gas phase and the particle phase to a certain extent (Holoubek et al 2000;Klánová et al 2009). The major factor for the preference is that these plants can be found all around the Earth, even at remote sites.…”

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Olive tree, Olea europaea L., leaves as a bioindicator of atmospheric PCB contamination

Sofuoğlu

Yayla

Kavcar

et al. 2013

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Olive tree leaf samples were collected to investigate their possible use for biomonitoring of lipophilic toxic substances. The samples were analyzed for 28 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) congeners. Twelve congeners were detected in the samples. 77, 81, 89, 105, 114, and 153 were the most frequently detected congeners ranging from 32 % for PCB-52 to 97 % for PCB-81. Σ 12 PCBs concentration varied from below detection limit to 248 ng/g wet weight in the sampling area, while the mean congener concentrations ranged from 0.06 ng/g (PCB-128+167) to 64.2 ng/g wet weight (PCB-60). Constructed concentration maps showed that olive tree leaves can be employed for the estimation of spatial distrubution of these congeners.

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Olive tree, Olea europaea L., leaves as a bioindicator of atmospheric PCB contamination

Sofuoğlu

Yayla

Kavcar

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“…Because mosses are used as biomonitors of atmospheric pollution, analysis of soil was treated as an additional information about the level of contamination of the environment. We based this on the assumptions of Mersch and Reichard (1998), Holoubek et al (2000) and Sardans and Peñuelas (2005) that measuring concentrations of elements in plants is the best way to define the amount of elements available for accumulation and to determine the extent of environmental contamination (Čeburnis and Steinnes 2000). The Hg concentrations in the moss P. schreberi from the control site (Table 2) were similar to those in P. schreberi (0.03-0.04 mg .…”

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Pleurozium schreberi as bioindicator of mercury pollution in heavily industrialized region

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This research is continuation of the investigation of metal accumulation in native and transplanted moss Pleurozium schreberi in the most industrialized and affected region in Poland (Upper Silesia). We tested the hypotheses that in Upper Silesia transplants of P. schreberi may be used in a 90 days bioindication experiment in case native specimens are absent; a 90 days exposure of transplanted P. schreberi was long enough for evaluation of Hg pollution of the environment. An assay was carried out with native mosses at 27 polluted sites and mosses from an uncontaminated control site transplanted to the same 27 polluted sites. P. schreberi collected from the same sites as classified for more and less polluted basing on Pb and Zn concentrations show quite different pattern of pollution with mercury; The accumulation of Hg by the transplants increased much faster in the first 45 days of the experiment (accumulation factor 1.5-6.7; mean 3.4±0.5) in comparison with the second period from day 45 to 90 (accumulation factor 1.0-1.6; mean 1.2±0.1). The 90 days exposure of transplanted P. schreberi was long enough for evaluation of Hg pollution of the J Atmos Chem (2013)

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“…sources and to measure global and regional contamination levels of persistent organic pollutants (Tremolada et al 1996;Holoubek et al 2000;Thomas et al 2002;Augusto et al 2013). For example, Thomas et al (2002) monitored PCDD/Fs using a native pasture sward, and Safe et al (1992) monitored PCDD/Fs of wood-preserving chemicals using pine needles.…”

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PCDD/Fs accumulation in pine needles: variation with species and pine needle age

Mei

Chen

Peng

2015

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Pine needles have been used for many decades as a cheap and convenient biosampler to monitor atmospheric levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), collectively known as PCDD/Fs. However, it is unknown whether accumulation of PCDD/Fs varies according to pine tree species or pine needle age, which hampers the precise application of this biosampler. We collected 0.3-2.3-year-old pine needles from four different species of pine at three sites in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. The PCDD/Fs were quantitatively analyzed by gas chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry. The results show that Pinus massoniana and Cedrus deodara absorbed more PCDD/Fs than Pinus thunbergii and Pinus parviflora at the same site. More cuticular wax and cuticular cell secretions in the pine needles from P. massoniana and C. deodara, as observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), might explain this discrepancy. The PCDD/Fs concentrations in 0.3-, 1.3-, and 2.3-year-old pine needles, indicated that concentrations increase with ascending age. This may be ascribed to the enhancement of lipids and cuticular waxes with age in pine needles as indicated by the lipid contents and morphologies observed by SEM. Our results may be useful for selecting the species and age of pine needles used for biosampling, especially for monitoring PCDD/Fs in large areas where the pine species growing in one place may differ from those in another place.

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The use of mosses and pine needles to detect persistent organic pollutants at local and regional scales

Cited by 149 publications

References 18 publications

Olive tree, Olea europaea L., leaves as a bioindicator of atmospheric PCB contamination

Olive tree, Olea europaea L., leaves as a bioindicator of atmospheric PCB contamination

Pleurozium schreberi as bioindicator of mercury pollution in heavily industrialized region

PCDD/Fs accumulation in pine needles: variation with species and pine needle age

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