Monitoring of Traffic-Related Pollution in a Province of Central Italy with Transplanted Lichen Pseudovernia furfuracea
| Autor: | Malgorzata Owczarek, Carola Dominici, Maurizio Guidotti, Daniela Stella, Carmela Protano, Gianfranco Blasi, Matteo Vitali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pollution
Pseudevernia furfuracea Lichens Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons lichen Toxicology chemistry.chemical_compound Ascomycota Air Pollution Metals Heavy Ecotoxicology heavy metals Lichen Vehicle Emissions pollution media_common Fluoranthene Pollutant Air Pollutants biology General Medicine Contamination biology.organism_classification Italy chemistry Environmental chemistry Pyrene Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 83:852-858 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0800 0007-4861 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00128-009-9792-7 |
| Popis: | The ability of transplanted lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea to biomonitor specific airborne pollutants (heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons—PAHs) was investigated at five stations with different traffic densities in Viterbo, Italy. Exposed lichen showed high levels of all analysed pollutants; greatest values were for Zn (147–252 μg/g dw), Pb (24.9–34.6 μg/g dw), fluoranthene (37–107 ng/g dw), pyrene (23–124 ng/g dw). Comparison between contaminants concentration in lichens before and after exposure showed “accumulation” or “severe accumulation” rates in more than 90% of each substance. Besides, Pseudevernia furfuracea accumulated airborne PAHs in a manner that was proportional to traffic density. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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