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- Title
Prospects of using mosses (<i>Fontinalis antipyretica</i> Hedw. and <i>Pylaisia polyantha</i> (Hedw.) Bruch et al.) as indicators of environmental contamination with heavy metals.
- Authors
M. Gapeeva; A. Dolotov; E. Chemeris
- Abstract
Abstract  The contents of Al, Ti, Fe, Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd, Pb, and rare earth elements (REEs) were determined in mosses (the hydrophyte Fontinalis antipyretica and the epiphyte Pylaisia polyantha) by the inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method. These plants were used for estimating the spatial distribution of heavy metals (HMs) in the basins of small and medium rivers of Vologda and Kostroma oblasts (Russia). It was shown that water mosses are good indicators of REEs and epiphytic mosses, of the pollutant metals Cu, Zn, Se, and Pb. The epiphytic and hydrophytic mosses did not differ in the macroelement (Al, Ti, and Fe) content.
- Subjects
KOSTROMA (Kostromskaia oblast, Russia); VOLOGDA (Russia); RUSSIA; MOSS physiology; HEAVY metal toxicology; EFFECT of heavy metals on plants; INDUCTIVELY coupled plasma mass spectrometry; EPIPHYTES; AQUATIC plants
- Publication
Russian Journal of Ecology, 2010, Vol 41, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
1067-4136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1067413610010054