METAL BIOMONITORING WITH MOSSES - PROCEDURES FOR CORRECTING FOR SOIL CONTAMINATION

被引:165
作者
BARGAGLI, R [1 ]
BROWN, DH [1 ]
NELLI, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BRISTOL,SCH BIOL SCI,BRISTOL BS8 1UG,AVON,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0269-7491(94)00055-I
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Highly variable total concentrations of 15 elements have been found in five species of epigeic mosses growing in remote areas of Italy and in northern Victoria Land (continental Antarctica). It is very likely that soil particles entrapped in the mosses cause these high element concentration differences, thereby leading to inexact interpretations of baseline concentrations and of element distribution in different parts of mosses. A simple procedure for estimating more plausible background values that consists of subtracting the substratum contribution from raw concentrations of elements in mosses is reported The normalization of total concentrations to the regional soil composition is also emphasized in ol der to point out other possible metal sources.
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