Active Moss Biomonitoring of Trace Elements Air Pollution in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
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ZINICOVSCAIA, Inga, UROSEVIC, Mira Anicic, VERGEL, Konstantin, VIERU (CLIMOVA), Ecaterina, FRONTASYEVA, Marina, POVAR, Igor, DUKA, Gh.. Active Moss Biomonitoring of Trace Elements Air Pollution in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. In: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S, 2018, vol. 25, pp. 361-372. ISSN -. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2018-0024
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Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
Volumul 25 / 2018 / ISSN - /ISSNe 1898-6196

Active Moss Biomonitoring of Trace Elements Air Pollution in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2018-0024

Pag. 361-372

Zinicovscaia Inga123, Urosevic Mira Anicic45, Vergel Konstantin1, Vieru (Climova) Ecaterina3, Frontasyeva Marina1, Povar Igor3, Duka Gh.3
 
1 Joint Institute of Nuclear Research,
2 Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering,
3 Institute of Chemistry,
4 Institute of Physics Belgrade,
5 University of Belgrade
 
Disponibil în IBN: 6 decembrie 2018


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For the first time active moss biomonitoring was used to assess trace element deposition in the capital of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau. Moss Sphagnum girgensohnii samples were exposed in bags at three sites of Chisinau from October, 2016 to March, 2017. The content of 30 elements: Na, Mg, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, As, Br, Rb, Mo, Sr, Sb, Ba, La, Ce, Cs, Hf, Th, Cu, Cd, Pb, and U in the exposed and unexposed mosses was determined by neutron activation analysis and atomic absorption spectrometry. According to the relative accumulation factor, the most abundant elements in the samples were V, Cr, Fe, Ba, La, As, Sb, U, and Pb. Such elements as Cl, K, and Rb were depleted from the moss tissue during the time of exposure. Principal component analysis was used to identify and characterize different pollution sources. The obtained results indicate that the use of S. girgensohnii moss bags is a simple and inexpensive technique to monitor major and trace element content in the air of urban area.

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active moss biomonitoring, atomic absorption spectrometry, Elemental content, neutron activation analysis, Sphagnum girgensohnii, urban area