Bioindication capacity of metal pollution of native and transplanted Pleurozium schreberi under various levels of pollution.

During a period of 90d assays were carried out with the moss Pleurozium schreberi transplanted from an uncontaminated control site to 27 sites selected in one of the most polluted regions of Upper Silesia (Poland). The native mosses of this species were collected from the polluted sites. Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn were determined in P. schreberi and in the soil of all of the sites. The sites were divided into more and less polluted ones. The obtained results indicate that the native P. schreberi from the more polluted sites accumulated significantly more Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn than the transplanted moss from the same sites. The transplanted P. schreberi from the less polluted sites accumulated significantly more Cr, Pb, Zn, significantly less Cu and comparable amounts of Cd, as compared to the native moss. The selection of native versus transplant P. schreberi as a bioindicator depends on the level of pollution.

Kosior G ，Samecka-Cymerman A ，Kolon K ，Kempers AJ ... -  《-》

A comparison of native and transplanted Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. as biomonitors of water polluted with heavy metals.

Samecka-Cymerman A ，Kolon K ，Kempers AJ 《SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT》

Bioindication of PBDEs and PCBs by native and transplanted moss Pleurozium schreberi.

PBDEs and PCBs are toxic, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and the use of PCBs is forbidden, but they are still present in many environments and biota. 90-day assays were conducted with the moss Pleurozium schreberi transplanted from an uncontaminated control site to ten sites (rural and urban) selected in one of the most polluted regions of Upper Silesia in Poland. Native P. schreberi mosses were collected from the same ten polluted sites. Concentrations of PBDEs (28, 47, 66, 85, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183 and 209) and PCBs (28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, 180) were determined in all native and transplanted P. schreberi from all sites. Native P. schreberi contained the highest ΣPBDE and ΣPCB levels (63.6ngg-1 and 4.47pgg-1, respectively) when collected in the vicinity of a steel smelter. After 90 days of the experiment native and transplanted P. schreberi contained the highest concentrations of the same BDE 209 congener (88-91% of total PBDEs in the native mosses and 85-90% of the total PBDE burden in the transplants). The native and transplanted mosses from the industrial sites after 90 days of exposure contained significantly higher concentrations of all the examined PBDE and PCB congeners (except for 153 and 180) than mosses from rural sites. PBDE and PCB values were higher in native than in transplanted mosses after 90 days of exposure in both rural and industrial sites.

Kosior G ，Přibylová P ，Vaňková L ，Kukučka P ，Audy O ，Klánová J ，Samecka-Cymerman A ，Mróz L ，Kempers AJ ... -  《-》

Comparison of the moss Pleurozium schreberi with needles and bark of Pinus sylvestris as biomonitors of pollution by industry in Stalowa Wola (southeast Poland).

Samecka-Cymerman A ，Kosior G ，Kempers AJ 《ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY》

Differences in concentration of heavy metals between native and transplanted Plagiothecium denticulatum: a case study of soils contaminated by oil well exudates in South East Poland.

Samecka-Cymerman A ，Kolon K ，Kempers AJ 《ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY》