The performance of moss, grass, and 1- and 2-year old spruce needles as bioindicators of contamination: A comparative study at the scale of the Czech Republic

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2281-2297

  Suchara, Ivan ^a   Sucharova, Julie ^a   Hola, Marie ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Boyd, Rognvald ^b   Filzmoser, Peter ^c   Englmaier, Peter ^d  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bio monitoring; Contamination; Grass; Moss; Spruce

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; BIO-INDICATORS; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; GRASS; ICP-AES; LOCAL CONTAMINATION; LOCAL SCALE; MOSS; PICEA ABIES; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE DENSITY; SPATIAL TRENDS; SPRUCE; SPRUCE NEEDLES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANTIMONY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CERIUM; CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; GALLIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); NEEDLES; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; GALLIUM; IRON; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; PRASEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; SULFUR;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; GRASS; MOSS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONIFER NEEDLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; GRASS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPRUCE; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERE; BRYOPSIDA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

BRYOPHYTA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA FLEXUOSA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 79953307210     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

References (72)

1. Aboal J.R., Fernandez J.A., Boquete T., Carballeira A. Is it possible to estimate atmospheric deposition of heavy metals by analysis of terrestrial mosses?. Sci Total Environ 2010, 408:6291-6297.
2. Aitchison J. The statistical analysis of compositional data 1986, Chapman and Hall, London, U.K, 416pp.
3. Bache C.A., Gutenmann W.H., Rutzke M., Chu G., Elfving D.C., Lisk D.J. Concentrations of metals in grasses in the vicinity of a municipal refuse incinerator. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 1991, 20:538-542.
4. Bacon J.R., Hewitt I.J., Cooper P. Lead in grass in the Scottish uplands: deposition or uptake?. J Environ Monit 2005, 7:785-791.
5. Baker A.J.M. Accumulators and excluders-strategies in the response of plants to heavy metals. J Plant Nutr 1981, 3:643-654.
6. Banásová V., Horak O., Čianpová M., Nadubinská M., Lichtscheidl I. The vegetation of metalliferous and non-metalliferous grasslands in two former mine regions in Central Slovakia. Biologia 2006, 61:433-439.
7. Berg T., Steinnes E. Use of mosses (Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi) as biomonitors of heavy metal deposition: from relative to absolute deposition values. Environ Pollut 1997, 98:61-71.
8. Berg T., Røyset O., Steinnes E. Moss (Hylocomium splendens) used as bio-monitor of atmospheric trace element deposition: estimation of uptake efficiencies. Atmos Environ 1995, 29/3:353-360.
9. Böhm P., Wolterbeek H., Verburg T., Musilek L. The use of tree bark for environmental pollution monitoring in the Czech Republic. Environ Pollut 1998, 102:243-250.
10. Bølviken B., Låg J. Natural heavy-metal poisoning of soils and vegetation: an exploration tool in glaciated terrain. Trans Inst Min Metall 1977, B173-B180.
11. Bølviken B., Stokke P.R., Feder J., Jössang T. The fractal nature of geochemical landscapes. J Geochem Explor 1992, 43:91-109.
12. Bowen H.J.M. Environmental chemistry of the elements 1979, Academic Press, New York, 333pp.
13. Brun C.B., Peltola P., Aaström M.E., Johansson M.-B. Spatial distribution of major, trace and ultra trace elements in three Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands in boreal forests Forsmark, Sweden. Geoderma 2010, 159:252-261.
14. Čeburnis D., Steinnes E. Conifer needles as biomonitors of atmospheric heavy metal deposition: comparison with mosses and precipitation, role of tree canopy. Atmos Environ 2000, 34:4265-4271.
15. Chankina O.V., Churkina T.V., Ivanov A.V., Ivanova K.P., Koutsenogii K.P., Kovalskaya G.A. Multielement composition of the aerosols of the forest fires of boreal forests upon burning of forest combustibles. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res 2001, A470:444-447.
16. Cox R.M., Hutchinson T.C. Multiple metal tolerances in the grass Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv. from the Sudbury smelting area. New Phytol 1980, 84:631-647.
17. de Caritat P., Reimann C., Bogatyrev I., Chekushin V., Finne T.E., Halleraker J.H., et al. Regional distribution of Al, B, Ba, Ca, K, La, Mg, Mn, Na, P, Rb, Si, Sr, Th, U and Y in terrestrial moss within a 188,000km2 area of the central Barents region: influence of geology, seaspray and human activity. Appl Geochem 2001, 16:137-159.
18. Egozcue J.J., Pawlowsky-Glahn V., Mateu-Figueros G., Barceló-Vidal C. Isometric logratio transformations for compositional data analysis. Math Geol 2003, 35:279-300.
19. Fakayode S.O., Onianwa P.C. Heavy metal contamination of soil, and bioaccumulation in Guinea grass (Panicum maximum) around Ikeja industrial estate, Lagos, Nigeria. Environ Geol 2002, 43:145-150.
20. Farago M.E. Plants and the chemical elements. Biochemistry, uptake, tolerance and toxicity 1994, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, 292pp.
21. Fergusson J.E. Heavy elements in plants. Chemistry, environmental impact and health effects 1990, Pergamon Press, London, 614pp.
22. Filzmoser P., Hron K., Reimann C. Univariate statistical analysis of environmental (compositional) data - problems and possibilities. Sci Total Environ 2009, 407:6100-6108.
23. Filzmoser P., Hron K., Reimann C., Garrett R.G. Robust factor analysis for compositional data. Comput Geosci 2009, 35:1854-1861.
24. Filzmoser P., Hron K., Reimann C. The bivariate statistical analysis of environmental (compositional) data. Sci Total Environ 2010, 409:4230-4238.
25. Foggo N.M., Warrington I.J. Light and vegetative growth in the grasses of Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. and Festuca ovina L. Funct Ecol 1989, 3:439-445.
26. Fuga A., Saiki M., Marcelli M.P., Saldiva P.H.N. Atmospheric pollutants monitoring by analysis of epiphytic lichens. Environ Pollut 2008, 151:334-340.
27. Gailey F.A.Y., Smith G.H., Rintoul L.J., Lloyd O.L. Metal deposition patterns in Central Scotland, as determined by lichen transplants. Environ Monit Assess 1985, 5:291-309.
28. Halleraker J.H., Reimann C., de Caritat P., Finne T.E., Kashulina G., Niskaavaara H., et al. Reliability of moss (Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi) as a bioindicator of atmospheric chemistry in the Barents region: interspecies and field duplicate variability. Sci Total Environ 1998, 218:123-139.
29. Hastie T.J., Tibshirani R.J. Generalized additive models 1990, Chapman and Hall, London, 335pp.
30. Ho Y.B., Tai K.M. Elevated levels of lead and other metals in roadside soil and grass and their use to monitor aerial metal deposition in Hong-Kong. Environ Pollut 1988, 49:37-51.
31. Jarvis S.C., Jones L.H.P., Hopper M.J. Cadmium uptake from solution by plants and its transport from roots to shoots. Plant Soil 1976, 44:179-191.
32. Jeran Z., Jacimovic R., Batic F., Mavsar R. Lichens as integrating air pollution monitors. Environ Pollut 2002, 120:107-113.
33. Kashem M.A., Singh B.R. Heavy metal contamination of soil and vegetation in the vicinity of industries in Bangladesh. Water Air Soil Pollut 1999, 115:347-361.
34. Låg J., Steinnes E. Regional distribution of selenium and arsenic in humus layers of Norwegian forest soils. Geoderma 1978, 20:3-14.
35. Effect of heavy metal pollution on plants. Vol. 1: Effects of trace metals on plant function 1981, Applied Science Publishers, London, 352pp. N.W. Lepp (Ed.).
36. Loppi S., Corsini A. Diversity of lichens and metal contents of Parmelia caperata thalli as monitors of air pollution in the town of Pistoia (Central Italy). Environ Monit Assess 2003, 86:289-301.
37. Madejón P., Murillo J.M., Marañón T., Cabrera F., López R. Bioaccumulation of As, Cd, Cu, Fe and Pb in wild grasses affected by the Aznalcóllar mine spill (SW Spain). Sci Total Environ 2002, 290:105-120.
38. Mankovska B. The chemical composition of spruce and beech foliage as an environmental indicator in Slovakia. Chemosphere 1998, 36:949-953.
39. Plants as biomonitors. Indicators for heavy metals in the terrestrial environment 1993, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, 645pp. B. Markert (Ed.).
40. Nash T.H., Gries C. The use of lichens in atmospheric deposition studies with an emphasis on the Arctic. Sci Total Environ 1995, 160/161:729-736.
41. Onianawa P.C. Monitoring atmospheric metal pollution: a review of the use of moss indicators. Environ Monit Assess 2006, 71:13-50.
42. Parkpian P., Leong S.T., Laortanakul P., Thunthaisong N. Regional monitoring of lead and cadmium contamination in a tropical grazing land site, Thailand. Environ Monit Assess 2003, 85:157-173.
43. Poikolainen J. Sulphur and heavy metal concentrations in Scots Pine bark in northern Finland and the Kola Peninsula. Water Air Soil Pollut 1997, 93:395-408.
44. Rautio P., Huttunen S., Lamppu J. Seasonal foliar chemistry of northern Scots Pine under sulphur and heavy metal pollution. Chemosphere 1998, 37/2:271-287.
45. Reimann C., Garrett R.G. Geochemical background - concept and reality. Sci Total Environ 2005, 350:12-27.
46. Reimann C., Äyräs M., Chekushin V., Bogatyrev I., Boyd R., de Caritat P., et al. Environmental geochemical atlas of the central Barents region 1998, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway, NGU-GTK-CKE Special Publication, 745pp.
47. Reimann C., Banks D., Kashulina G. Processes influencing the chemical composition of the O-horizon of podzols along a 500km north-south profile from the coast of the Barents Sea to the Arctic Circle. Geoderma 2000, 95:113-139.
48. Reimann C., Koller F., Frengstad B., Kashulina G., Niskavaara H., Englmaier P. Comparison of the element composition in several plant species and their substrate from a 1,500,000km2-area in Northern Europe. Sci Total Environ 2001, 278:87-112.
49. Reimann C., Arnoldussen A., Boyd R., Finne T.E., Nordgulen Ø., Volden T., et al. The influence of a city on element contents of a terrestrial moss (Hylocomium splendens). Sci Total Environ 2006, 369:419-432.
50. Reimann C., Arnoldussen A., Boyd R., Finne T.E., Koller F., Nordgulen Ø., et al. Element contents in leaves of four plant species (birch, mountain ash, fern and spruce) along anthropogenic and geogenic concentration gradients. Sci Total Environ 2007, 377:416-433.
51. Reimann C., Filzmoser P., Garrett R.G., Dutter R. Statistical data analysis explained. Applied environmental statistics with R 2008, Wiley, Chichester, U.K, 343pp.
52. Reimann C., Matschullat J., Birke M., Salminen R. Arsenic distribution in the environment: the effects of scale. Appl Geochem 2009, 24:1147-1167.
53. Reimann C., Matschullat J., Birke M., Salminen R. Antimony in the environment - lessons from geochemical mapping. Appl Geochem 2010, 25:175-198.
54. Ross H.B. On the use of mosses (Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi) for estimating atmospheric trace metal deposition. Water Air Soil Pollut 1990, 50:63-76.
55. Rühling Å. Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Europe - estimations based on moss analysis 1994, vol. 9. Nord, 52pp.
56. Atmospheric heavy metal deposition in Europe 1995-1996 1998, vol. 15. Nord, 66pp. Å. Rühling, E. Steinnes (Eds.).
57. Rühling Å., Tyler G. An ecological approach to the lead problem. Bot Not 1968, 121:321-342.
58. Rühling Å., Tyler G. Heavy metal deposition in Scandinavia. Water Air Soil Pollut 1973, 2:445-455.
59. Schintu M., Cogoni A., Durante L., Cantaluppi C., Contu A. Moss (Bryrum radiculosum) as a bioindicator of trace metal deposition around an industrialised area in Sardinia (Italy). Chemosphere 2005, 60:610-618.
60. Schleppi P., Tobler L., Bucher J.B., Wyttenbach A. Multivariate interpretation of the foliar chemical composition of Norway spruce (Picea abies). Plant Soil 2000, 219:251-262.
61. Siewers U., Herpin U. Schwermetalleinträge in Deutschland Moos-Monitoring 1995/96. Geol Jb Sonderhefte 1998, SD2. 199pp. (in German with English abstract).
62. Siewers U., Herpin U., Straßburg S. Schwermetalleinträge in Deutschland Moos-Monitoring 1995/96 Teil 2. Geol Jb Sonderhefte 2000, SD3. 103pp. (in German with English abstract).
63. Steinnes E. A critical evaluation of the use of naturally growing moss to monitor the deposition of atmospheric metals. Sci Total Environ 1995, 160/161:243-249.
64. Suchara I., Sucharova J. Distribution of 36 element deposition rates in a historic mining and smelting area as determined through fine-scale biomonitoring techniques. Part II: relative long-term accumulated atmospheric deposition levels. Water Air Soil Pollut 2004, 153:229-252.
65. Sucharova J., Suchara I. Current multi-element distribution in forest epigenic moss in the Czech Republic - a survey of the Czech national biomonitoring programme 2000. Chemosphere 2004, 57:1389-1398.
66. Thöni L., Schnyder N., Krieg F. Comparison of metal concentrations in three species of mosses and metal freights in bulk precipitation. Fresenius J Anal Chem 1996, 49:191-197.
67. Trimbacher C., Weiss D. Norway spruce: A novel method using surface characteristics and heavy metal concentrations of needles for a large-scale monitoring survey in Austria. Water Air Soil Pollut 2004, 152:363-386.
68. Tukey J.W. Exploratory data analysis 1977, Addison Wesley, Reading, 506pp.
69. Wyttenbach A., Tobler L. The concentrations of Fe, Zn and Co in successive needle age classes of Norway spruce. Trees 2000, 14:198-205.
70. Wyttenbach A., Tobler L., Bajo S. Correlations between soil pH and metal contents in needles of Norway spruce. Water Air Soil Pollut 1991, 57-58:217-226.
71. Wyttenbach A., Bajo S., Bucher J., Furrere V., Schleppi P., Tobler L. The concentrations of K, Rb and Cs in spruce needles (Picea abies Karst.) and in the associated soils. Z Pflanz Bodenkunde 1995, 158:499-504.
72. Zechmeister H. Schwermetalldeposition in Österreich - erfasst durch biomonitoring mit Moosen (Aufsammlung 1995). Umweltbundesamt Wien 1997, vol. 94. Monographien Band, 145pp (in German with English summary).