Moss as a biomonitor for the atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic microfibres.
Atmospheric deposition
Biomonitoring
Microfibres
Moss
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 May 2020
01 May 2020
Historique:
received:
20
12
2019
revised:
26
01
2020
accepted:
26
01
2020
pubmed:
6
2
2020
medline:
9
4
2020
entrez:
5
2
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Microplastics, which are plastic particles < 5 mm, have been found throughout the environment. However, few studies have focused on their transport via atmospheric deposition. Bryophytes have been used as biomonitors for the atmospheric deposition of trace elements, persistent organic pollutants and particulate matter, and may potentially be used to monitor the atmospheric deposition of microplastics or anthropogenic microfibres (mf). Hylocomium splendens was collected from three lake catchments, which are remote from anthropogenic disturbance and emissions sources. Anthropogenic mf were observed in all moss samples; the average number was 24 mf g
Identifiants
pubmed: 32018105
pii: S0048-9697(20)30483-6
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136973
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants
0
Plastics
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
136973Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.