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Bryophytes and heavy metals: a literature review
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The literature on heavy metals in bryophytes is reviewed, including mechanisms of metal uptake, retention, toxicity and tolerance and interspecies differences in particular are discussed, including the development of extreme tolerance encountered in certain taxa.About:
This article is published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.The article was published on 1990-09-01. It has received 294 citations till now.read more
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The cell wall in plant cell response to trace metals: polysaccharide remodeling and its role in defense strategy
TL;DR: This review paper will present the most recent results, especially those that are concerned withpolysaccharide level, composition and distribution under trace metal stress, and describe in detail the polysaccharides responsible for metal binding and immobilization in different groups of plants (algae and higher plants).
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Biomonitoring of trace element air pollution: principles, possibilities and perspectives.
TL;DR: The discussion points towards more explicit coupling of biomonitoring data to knowledge and databases on both emission registration, ecosystem performance and human health, which means that multidisciplinary programs should be set up, which accommodate expert inputs from biomoniting, emission control programs, analytical chemistry, ecology, and epidemiology.
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Traffic exposure increases natural 15N and heavy metal concentrations in mosses
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of NOx emissions from traffic on moss tissue N was investigated and the results indicated that the two main atmospheric sources, NOx and NHx, have different δ15N signatures, the former tending to be positive and the latter negative.
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Metal biomonitoring with mosses: procedures for correcting for soil contamination.
TL;DR: 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.
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Bryophytes and nutrient cycling
D. H. Brown,Jeffrey W. Bates +1 more
TL;DR: A summary is given of recent laboratory work on the internal redistribution of elements in Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and of field experiments involving fertilizer addition to Pseudoscleropodium purum; their significance is assessed.
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Uptake of lead by two populations of Grimmia doniana
D. H. Brown,J. W. Bates +1 more
TL;DR: Analyses of populations of Grimmia doniana from Old Red Sandstone walls and vitrified lead slag showed the former to have a low and the latter a high lead content, suggesting a natural non-specific lead tolerance mechanism occurring in GrimmiaDoniana.
Biological response of lichens and bryophytes to environmental pollution in the Murdochville copper mine area, Quebec
F Leblanc,Robitaille G,Rao Dn +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the index of atmospheric purity (IAP) to determine the pollution pattern in the Murdochville Gaspe Copper Mine area, Quebec, where the environment is contaminated with emissions from a copper smelter.
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Natural mechanisms of copper tolerance in a copper swamp forest
W. R. Dykeman,A. S. de Sousa +1 more
TL;DR: Immobilization of copper in the soil by chelation to naturally occurring organic compounds appears to be the most important factor in preventing uptake of the metal in toxic amounts.
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Heavy metal content of moss in the region of Consett (North East England)
TL;DR: The levels of Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, Pb, Cd and Mg have been determined in samples of the moss Hypnum cupressiforme from the area of Consett (North East England), which is a centre of iron and steel manufacture as discussed by the authors.
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Mosses: sensitive indicators of airborne mercury pollution.
TL;DR: Experiments with radioactive mercury-tagged fly ash showed that mosses take up and retain mercury to a greater extent than grasses do.
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