Air quality biomonitoring with epiphytic lichens and mosses

G. V. Simonova; D. A. Kalashnikova; V. N. Melkov

doi:10.1117/12.2504559

13 December 2018 Air quality biomonitoring with epiphytic lichens and mosses

G. V. Simonova, D. A. Kalashnikova, V. N. Melkov

Proceedings Volume 10833, 24th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics; 108335Q (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2504559
Event: XXIV International Symposium, Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, Atmospheric Physics, 2018, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

In recent decades increasing attention is paid to biomonitoring of air quality. In this paper epiphytic mosses and lichens were chosen as bioindicators to estimate the level of atmospheric pollution. The paper presents the results of elemental analysis, as well as analysis of the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in mosses and lichens of Tomsk and Prokopyevsk (Russia, Western Siberia). The mean values of lichens δ¹³C for Prokopyevsk and Tomsk are ca. –26‰ and –27‰, respectively. The mean values of δ¹³C in mosses are similar for both cities (ca. –30‰). However, δ¹³C of some mosses samples collected in Prokopyevsk have lighter values (ca. –34‰), probably due to the mine methane influence. The mean δ¹⁵N values for mosses and lichens for Tomsk (+2.1 and –1.3‰, respectively) is heavier compared to the mean δ¹⁵N values for Prokopyevsk (δ¹⁵N for mosses = –1‰ and δ¹⁵N for lichens = –5‰). Based on this, it can be concluded that Tomsk has a large anthropogenic load in terms of emissions of nitrogen-containing compounds.

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G. V. Simonova, D. A. Kalashnikova, and V. N. Melkov "Air quality biomonitoring with epiphytic lichens and mosses", Proc. SPIE 10833, 24th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 108335Q (13 December 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2504559

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