<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of biomonitoring is assessment of environment condition. Biomonitoring studies with the use of mosses focus mainly on analytes accumulation and determining elements’ concentrations in the study area. It is often forgotten that a bioindicator should be alive during biomonitoring studies (which can be determined by, e.g., analysis of chlorophyll content). The objective of the carried out research was an assessment of the influence of selected heavy metals concentration: Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb accumulated by <italic>Pleurozium schreberi</italic> mosses during 3-month exposition within active biomonitoring, on their vitality, assessed by an analysis of <italic>a</italic> and <italic>b</italic> chlorophyll concentrations. The studies were also carried out in laboratory conditions, where the content of the dyes was determined with the aid of a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, in mosses reacting with solutions of various concentrations of the analysed metals. The content of elements in mosses after exposition and in solutions prior and after sorption were determined with the use of atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) in a flame atomiser. After the carried out studies it was determined that mosses, during 12-week long exposition, accumulated heavy metals, which did not clearly influence the changes in chlorophyll content. The carried out studies prove that heavy metals are not the only and determining factor, which influences chlorophyll content in mosses as well as the bioindicator’s vitality in the conditions of environmental stress.</p></abstract>

The aim of biomonitoring is assessment of environment condition. Biomonitoring studies with the use of mosses focus mainly on analytes accumulation and determining elements’ concentrations in the study area. It is often forgotten that a bioindicator should be alive during biomonitoring studies (which can be determined by, e.g., analysis of chlorophyll content). The objective of the carried out research was an assessment of the influence of selected heavy metals concentration: Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb accumulated by Pleurozium schreberi mosses during 3-month exposition within active biomonitoring, on their vitality, assessed by an analysis of a and b chlorophyll concentrations. The studies were also carried out in laboratory conditions, where the content of the dyes was determined with the aid of a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, in mosses reacting with solutions of various concentrations of the analysed metals. The content of elements in mosses after exposition and in solutions prior and after sorption were determined with the use of atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) in a flame atomiser. After the carried out studies it was determined that mosses, during 12-week long exposition, accumulated heavy metals, which did not clearly influence the changes in chlorophyll content. The carried out studies prove that heavy metals are not the only and determining factor, which influences chlorophyll content in mosses as well as the bioindicator’s vitality in the conditions of environmental stress.

Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in <italic>Pleurozium schreberi</italic> Mosses

Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in  Mosses

The aim of biomonitoring is assessment of environment condition. Biomonitoring studies with the use of mosses focus mainly on analytes accumulation and...

Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in Pleurozium schreberi Mosses

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 591 - 601

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2020-0037

Keywords
active biomonitoring, mosses, heavy metals, chlorophyll content

© 2020 Paweł Świsłowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Heavy Metal Concentration on Chlorophyll Content in Pleurozium schreberi Mosses

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 591 - 601

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eces-2020-0037

Keywordsactive biomonitoring, mosses, heavy metals, chlorophyll content

© 2020 Paweł Świsłowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
active biomonitoring, mosses, heavy metals, chlorophyll content