The Use Of Mosses In Biomonitoring Of Selected Areas In Poland And Spitsbergen In The Years From 1975 To 2014

• Authors: Andrzej Kłos , Zbigniew Bochenek , Jarle W. Bjerke , Bogdan Zagajewski , Dariusz Ziółkowski , Zbigniew Ziembik , Małgorzata Rajfur , Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka , Hans Tømmervik , Paweł Krems , Dominik Jerz , Maria Zielińska

Title variants

PL

WYKORZYSTANIE MCHÓW W BIOMONITORINGU WYBRANYCH OBSZARÓW W POLSCE I NA SPITSBERGENIE W LATACH 1975-2014

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We have compared historical changes in concentrations of the heavy metals Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb accumulated in samples from the Polish woodlands of Beskidy and Karkonosze (S, SE Poland) and the north-east regions of the country, versus the relatively little polluted areas of Spitsbergen of the Svalbard Archipelago. We have combined the results from literature with new results from 2014. The regions of Beskidy and Karkonosze were the most exposed to heavy metals deposition. However, from 1975 to 2014 there was a considerable decrease of concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb at all Polish sites, clearly signifying improvement of environmental quality. For example, the average Cd concentration in mosses samples collected in Karkonosze decreased from 0.002 mg/g in 1975 to 0.0006 mg/g in 2014. It is interesting to observe relatively large concentrations of nickel in moss samples collected in 2014 in the Svalbard archipelago, in the vicinity of Longyearbyen (average 0.018 mg/g) which most likely originate from local mine waste piles.

Keywords

EN

air pollutions; biomonitoring; heavy metals; mosses; Poland; Svalbard

PL

biomonitoring; metale ciężkie; mchy; Polska; Svalbard

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 201-218

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2015

online

19 - 9 - 2015

Contributors

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Andrzej Kłos

• Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Zbigniew Bochenek

• Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, ul. Z. Modzelewskiego 27, 02-679 Warszawa

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Jarle W. Bjerke

• Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, PO Box 6606 Langnes, NO-9296 Tromsø

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Bogdan Zagajewski

• Department of Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa

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Dariusz Ziółkowski

• Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, ul. Z. Modzelewskiego 27, 02-679 Warszawa

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Zbigniew Ziembik

• Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Małgorzata Rajfur

• Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Agnieszka Dołhańczuk-Śródka

• Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Hans Tømmervik

• Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - NINA, FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, PO Box 6606 Langnes, NO-9296 Tromsø

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Paweł Krems

• Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Dominik Jerz

• Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Maria Zielińska

• Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone [phone]

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/eces-2015-0011