Assessment of traffic pollution by using mosses Entodon concinnus and Herpetineuron toccoae
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Lead pollution resulting from vehicular traffic in Chandigarh,India was assessed by using two pleurocarpic, ectohydric mosses (Entodon concinnus and Herpetineuron toccoae) collected from pollution free area in Kasauli. Of the two mosses tested for lead accumulation, E. concinnus was found to be more efficient than H. toccoae (50.3ppm vs 34.4ppm).
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Assessment, Lead accumulation, Lead content, Moss bags, Traffic pollution
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Dai, Yao-Hua and Fan, Zhao-Yang (2007).Lead poisoning in Chinese children: risk factors and preventive measures, World Journal of Pediatrics, 3 (2): http://www.wjpch.com/UploadFile/001.pdf
Grodzinska, K., Szarek-Lukaszewska, G. and Godzik, B. (1999). Survey of heavy metal deposition in Poland using mosses as indicators. Science of the Total Environment, 229(1-2): 41-51.
Herpin, V., Siewers, U., Kreimes, K. and Markert, B. (2001). Biomonitoring-evaluation and assessment of heavy metal concentrations from two German moss-monitoring surveys.In: C.A. Burga and A. Kratochwil(Eds.), General and applied aspects on regional and global scales,vol.35 (pp.73-95)Tasks for Vegetation Science. Kluwer, Dordrecht,The Netherlands. 35: 73-96.
Mitra, Amal K., Haque, Akhlaque, Islam, Manirul and Bashar, S.A.M.K. (2009). Lead Poisoning: An Alarming Public Health Problem in Bangladesh. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 6 (1): 84-95.
Palmieri, Franco, Neri, Roberto, Benco, Claudia and Serraca, Laura.(1997). Lichens and moss as bioindicators and bioaccumulators in air pollution monitoring. Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology, 16(2-3): 175-190.
Ross, Howard B. (1990). On the use of mosses (Hylocomium splendens and Pleurozium schreberi) for estimating trace metal deposition. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 50(1/2): 63-76.
Saxena, A.K. (2002). Heavy Metals in the Environment ( Curse or Boon). Jaipur: Avishkar Publishers.
Vanderpoorten, A., Thiebaut, G., Tremolieres, M. and Muller, S. (2001). A model for assessing water chemistry using aquatic bryophyte assemblages in north-eastern France. Proceedings of International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology, 27: 807-810.
Zechmeister, H.G., Hohenwallner, D., Riss, A. and Hanus- Illnar, A..(2005). Estimation of element deposition derived from road traffic sources by using mosses. Environmental Pollution, 138: 238-249.
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Assessment of traffic pollution by using mosses Entodon concinnus and Herpetineuron toccoae. (2012). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 4(2), 178-180. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v4i2.244
