Accumulation capacities of particulate matter in an acrocarpous and a pleurocarpous moss exposed at three differently polluted sites (industrial, urban and rural)
2010
Faburé, J. | Meyer, C. | Denayer, F. | Gaudry, A. | Gilbert, D. | Bernard, N. | Université Lille Nord de France (COMUE) | Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) | Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) | Université de Franche-Comté (UFC) ; Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC) | 'Primequal-Predit' French Environmental Ministry ; Ademe
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. The aim of this study was to compare the capacity of two morphologically different moss species to accumulate elements when exposed to three different types of air pollution (rural, urban and industrial). Transplants of Pseudoscleropodium purum and Ceratodon purpureus were exposed for 6 months, and the concentrations of 18 elements (Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd, Sn, Sb, Ba, La, Pb and Bi) in the mosses samples were analysed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. On the whole, the metals were accumulated by mosses, and this accumulation was correlated with concentrations in the atmospheric particles. Whereas P. purum is to be preferred for Al, Cu, Zn and Fe monitoring, C. purpureus was most efficient at accumulating Mo, Ti, V, As, Sn, La and Pb. In both species, a phenomenon of saturation was observed during the exposure at the most contaminated site (industrial).
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