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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 210, Issue -, Pages 315-322Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.009
Keywords
Moss bags; Bryomonitoring; Heavy metals; Freshwater; Oven-drying; Fontinalis antipyretica; Sphagnum denticulatum
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- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
- FEDER funds
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This paper presents the results of an experiment carried out for the first time in situ to select a treatment to devitalize mosses for use in active biomonitoring of water pollution. Three devitalizing treatments for the aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica were tested (i.e. oven-drying at 100 degrees C, oven-drying with a 50-80-100 degrees C temperature ramp, and boiling in water), and the effects of these on loss of material during exposure of the transplants and on the accumulation of different heavy metals and metalloids were determined. The suitability of using devitalized samples of the terrestrial moss Sphagnum denticulatum to biomonitor aquatic environments was also tested. The structure of mosses was altered in different ways by the devitalizing treatments. Devitalization by boiling water led to significantly less loss of material (p < 0.01) than the oven-drying treatments. However, devitalization by oven-drying with a temperature ramp yielded more stable results in relation to both loss of material and accumulation of elements. With the aim of standardizing the moss bag technique, the use of F. antipyretica devitalized by oven-drying with a temperature ramp is recommended, rather than other devitalization treatments or use of S. denticulatum. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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