Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution: a review of magnetic signatures from biological sensors

J Hofman, BA Maher, AR Muxworthy… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution is a growing application in the field of
environmental magnetism. Particulate matter (PM) in atmospheric pollution contains readily …

Perspective of mitigating atmospheric heavy metal pollution: using mosses as biomonitoring and indicator organism

B Mahapatra, NK Dhal, AK Dash, BP Panda… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Mosses were proved as an ideal and reliable biomonitor as well as an indicator of
atmospheric trace metal pollution. They are used as model indicator species of air pollution …

Atmospheric particulate matter intercepted by moss-bags: Relations to moss trace element uptake and land use

A Di Palma, F Capozzi, V Spagnuolo, S Giordano… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Particulate matter has to be constantly monitored because it is an important atmospheric
transport form of potentially harmful contaminants. The cost-effective method of the moss …

Impact factor assessment of the uptake and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by plant leaves: morphological characteristics have the greatest impact

L Tian, S Yin, Y Ma, H Kang, X Zhang, H Tan… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have toxic, teratogenic, mutagenic and
carcinogenic effects on living organisms. Plants can function as pollutant bioindicators and …

Axenic in vitro cultivation of 19 peat moss (Sphagnum L.) species as a resource for basic biology, biotechnology, and paludiculture

MA Heck, VM Lüth, N van Gessel, M Krebs… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sphagnum farming can substitute peat with renewable biomass and thus help mitigate
climate change. Large volumes of the required founder material can only be supplied …

Unravelling the metal uptake process in mosses: Comparison of aquatic and terrestrial species as air pollution biomonitors

R García-Seoane, J Antelo, S Fiol, JA Fernández… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transplanted mosses have been widely shown to be excellent tools for biomonitoring air
pollution; however, it is not clear how the functional groups present on their surfaces affect …

Fine-tuning the use of moss transplants to map pollution by Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in urban areas

A Vázquez-Arias, P Giráldez, J Martínez-Abaigar… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mosspheres are a kind of moss transplants which offer a novel approach for detecting
atmospheric pollution using devitalized mosses, as they reflect the atmospheric deposition …

National environmental quality assessment and monitoring of atmospheric heavy metal pollution-A moss bag approach

S Ștefănuț, K Öllerer, A Manole, MC Ion… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
As airborne pollution is recognised as the single largest environmental health hazard in
Europe, the necessity to develop effective systems for monitoring and reducing the level of …

Sphagnum palustre clone vs native Pseudoscleropodium purum: A first trial in the field to validate the future of the moss bag technique

F Capozzi, P Adamo, A Di Palma, JR Aboal… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Although a large body of literature exists on the use of transplanted mosses for
biomonitoring of air pollution, no article has addressed so far the use and the accumulation …

Major and trace elements in Sphagnum moss from four southern German bogs, and comparison with available moss monitoring data

H Kempter, M Krachler, W Shotyk, C Zaccone - Ecological Indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present concentrations of an array of major and trace elements (Ag, Al, As,
Ba, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Rb, Sb, Sc, Sr, Th, Tl, U, V, Zn) in living Sphagnum …