Background: Anzali wetland has been subjected to high levels of pollution due to contamination from several industrial sites in addition to agricultural chemicals. Mussels have been widely used for monitoring pollution in aquatic ecosystems, because they, as filter feeders, bioaccumulate pollutants. Therefore we decided to evaluate Anodonta cygnea for its application as a bio-monitor for copp...

david j. bird, sabine duquesne, steeg d. hoeksema, william j. langston and ian c. potter Department of Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK, Department of System Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ Permoserstrasse 15, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany, Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, School of Biology and Biotechnol...

Metal and pesticide contaminants were measured in water, sediment and fish species in various Gold Coast waterways, Queensland. With the exception of Cu, metal concentrations in water, measured using the diffuse gradients in a thin film (DGT) technique, complied with relevant Australian guidelines. Cu concentrations in these waterways have been related to recreational vessel activities previous...

Tillandsia usneoides L. is an epiphytic bromeliad plant able to absorb water and nutrients directly from the air. For this reason this species was selected to carry out a monitoring study of air pollution in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil. Five consecutive transplantation experiments (8 weeks each) were performed in 10 sites of the city, submitted to different sources of air pollu...

Biomonitoring using benthic macroinvertebrates has been used to assess water quality in Europe since the early 20th century. Most methods use community-level measurements, and the use of single-species responses has been limited, despite their potential benefits as sensitive, early warning indicators. Here we evaluate a single-species in situ assay in which the response is feeding inhibition of...

Attention to the tourism potential of Republic North Ossetia-Alania is increasing with attendant need monitor and control atmospheric air pollution. Aim. The assessment possibility using mosses as biomonitors for determining content heavy metals other trace elements in atmosphere territory Ossetia-Alania. Material Methods. green Hylocomium splendens Pleurosium schreberi were used bioindicators....

Abstract Background Mesoplastics (5–25 mm) and microplastics (0.001–5 are emerging pollutants of great concern. However, reliable methods monitoring these types plastic in river ecosystems have not yet been established. The goal this work was to evaluate, for the first time, suitability Fontinalis antipyretica as a biomonitor meso- micro-plastics rivers. With aim, native samples moss devitalize...