A critical review on plant biomonitors for determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air through solvent extraction techniques

S Mukhopadhyay, R Dutta, P Das - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are hydrocarbons having two or more fused
aromatic rings, released from natural (like forest fires and volcanic eruption) as well as man …

Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution: a review of magnetic signatures from biological sensors

J Hofman, BA Maher, AR Muxworthy… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution is a growing application in the field of
environmental magnetism. Particulate matter (PM) in atmospheric pollution contains readily …

[HTML][HTML] Mythbusters: Unravelling the pollutant uptake processes in mosses for air quality biomonitoring

Z Varela, MT Boquete, JA Fernández… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Terrestrial mosses have been used for more than 50 years to monitor air pollution. We
argue, however, that their value as biomonitors is based on two widespread but partially …

[HTML][HTML] Decreasing the impact of climate change in value chains by leveraging sustainable finance

T Puschmann, D Quattrocchi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are frequently the most relevant element of a
company's total emissions since they account for more than eighty percent. However, they …

Using an epiphytic moss to identify previously unknown sources of atmospheric cadmium pollution

GH Donovan, SE Jovan, D Gatziolis, I Burstyn… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban networks of air-quality monitors are often too widely spaced to identify sources of air
pollutants, especially if they do not disperse far from emission sources. The objectives of this …

Magnetic-and particle-based techniques to investigate metal deposition on urban green

A Castanheiro, R Samson, K De Wael - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban green works as a recorder of atmospheric PM. This paper reports on the utility of
combining magnetic-and particle-based techniques to investigate PM leaf deposition as a …

Biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution by moss bags: discriminating urban-rural structure in a fragmented landscape

F Capozzi, S Giordano, A Di Palma, V Spagnuolo… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper we investigated the possibility to use moss bags to detect pollution inputs-
metals, metalloids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-in sites chosen for their …

Active biomonitoring of potentially toxic elements in urban air by two distinct moss species and two analytical techniques: a pan-Southeastern European study

MA Urošević, P Lazo, T Stafilov, M Nečemer… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2023 - Springer
This is the first study to use moss transplants as a biomonitoring technique and inductively
plasma mass spectrometry to investigate airborne potentially toxic element pollution and air …

Lichens and mosses as biomonitors of indoor pollution

L Paoli, E Bandoni, L Sanità di Toppi - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Human exposure to pollutants in indoor environments is a relevant health
concern. Long-term monitoring data in indoor environments are largely missing due to a lack …

Monitoring Heavy Metal Contents with Sphagnum Junghuhnianum Moss Bags in Relation to Traffic Volume in Wuxi, China

R Hu, Y Yan, X Zhou, Y Wang, Y Fang - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite its small size, a moss bag can reveal the different temporal and spatial deposition
patterns of pollutants at a particular site; therefore, researchers can use moss bags to …