Metal Bioindicators

Burger J. 1993. Metals in avian feathers bioindicators of environmental pollution. Rev Environ Toxicol 5 203-311. 

Gawel JE, Trick CG, Morel FM. 2001. Phytochelatins are bioindicators of atmospheric metal exposure via direct foliar uptake in trees near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Environ Sci Technol 35 2108-2113. 

Gochfeld M. 1997. Spatial patterns in a bioindicator heavy metal and selenium concentrations in eggs of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) in the New York Bight. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 33 63-70. 

Hertz J., Bioindicators for Monitoring Heavy Metals in the Environment 221-233, in Optical sensing, ASCOS 2000, Workshop on Optical chemical Sensors Biosensors, 2000. 

Deryabina, T.G. 1996. Wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) as a bioindicator of pollution by heavy metals. Russian Jour. Ecology 27 452-453. 

Thielen, F., Zimmermann, S., Baska, F. et al. (2004) The intestinal parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis (acanthocephala) from barbel as a bioindicator for metal pollution in the Danube River near Budapest, Hungary. Environmental Pollution, 129(3), 421-29. 

Nickel TT assessment with 12 species of freshwater ciliates to determine which could become, based on observed sensitivity, a good bioindicator of waters polluted by heavy metals. P (Madoni, 2000)... 

The use of bioindicators and biomonitors for gathering environmental information is currently widespread, although some abuse of these terms is customary. The terms bioindicator and biomonitor are commonly but incorrectly taken to be synonymous a bioindicator provides qualitative information on the quality of the environment, whereas a biomonitor supplies quantitative data on environmental contamination.14 This section focuses on the latter, since the trace metal content of biota has been commonly used in biomonitoring programs of metal pollution in the marine environment and is considered to provide a time-integrated measure of metal bioavailability.1,15,16... 

Marcovecchio, J.E. 2004. The use of Micropogonias fumieri and Mugil liza as bioindicators of heavy metals pollution in La Plata river estuary, Argentina. Sci. Total Environ. 323 219-226. 

Use has also been made of the metal content of crop plants in the assessment of contaminated soils. Kabata-Pendias et al. (1993) suggest that legumes are promising as bioindicators of metal pollution since they have in general a relatively higher tolerance to and uptake of metal than monocotyledons. Kovacs et al. (1993) have... 

Vasconcelos MTSD, Taveres HMF. 1998. Atmospheric metal pollution (Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in Oporto City derived from results for low-volume aerosol samplers and for the moss Sphagnum auriculatum bioindicator. Sci Total Environ 212 11 -20. 

These green screens must be designed before the building of the road, they must be planned with resistant and rustic shrubs and trees, which will filter the air and act as efficient sinks for dust and heavy metals particles. Some of these species may serve as bioindicators of air or soil pollution. 

In actual "damage to forest" ("acid rain"- probiems) investigations, the main matrices which must be anaiyzed are needles, leaves, pieces of wood, roots and soil. The elements Al, B, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, S, Sr, Ti, V, and Zn can be determined routinely in such samples by ICP/DCP-spectrometry (Table 9). The concentrations of the heavy metals Cd, Pb, Hg, As and others are in most cases too low (exception soil, for these analytical techniques). A similar picture can be obtained for the field of bioindicators for environmental influences (plants, animals, organs of man) (Schramel et al., 1984 Wolf et al., 1984) (Table 10). In case of soils and sludges, in most the samples one can obtain all relevant elements, such as the legally regulated heavy metals Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, and Cr (Table 11,12) (Schramel et al., 1982). 

Djingova, R., Kuleff, I Voulgaropoulos, A., 1995a. Heavy metal pollution in Sofia (Bulgaria) and Thessaloniki (Greece) using Taraxacum officinale as bioindicator. Ecol. Chem. (St. Petersburg) 4, 241-248. 

Castello, M., Nimis, P.L., Cebulec, E., Mosca, R., 1995. Air quality assessment by lichens as bioindicators of SO2 and bioaccumulators of heavy metals in the province of Trieste (NE Italy). Agric. Med., Special volume, 233-243. 

Glenn, M.G., Gomez-Bolea, A., Lobello, R., 1995. Metal content and community structure of cryptogam bioindicators in relation to vehicular traffic in Montseny Biosphere Reserve (Catalonia, Spain). Lichenologist 27, 291-304. 

Nimis, P.L., Castello, M., Perotti, M., 1993. Lichens as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution a case study at La Spezia (N Italy). In Markert, B. (Ed.), Plants as Biomonitors, Indicators for Heavy Metals in the Terrestrial Environment. VCH, Weinheim, pp. 265-284. 

Bruns, I., Friese, K., Markert, B., Krauss, G.-J., 1997. The use of Fontinalis antipyretica L. ex Hedw. as a bioindicator for heavy metals, 2. Heavy metal accumulation and physiological reaction of Fontinalis antipyretica L. ex Hedw. in active biomonitoring in the river Elbe. Sci. Total Environ. 204, 161-176. 

Transposition of results of feather analysis to internal tissues is one of fundamental topics with regard to an application of magpie feathers as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution. This appears to be very limited because of different origin of incorporated heavy metals a dominance of exogenous deposition in feathers and endogenous way with respect to the internal tissues. Fig. 8 compares merits and demerits of the analysis of discussed tissues - a scatter of results regarding individuals of different age from a single study area (arrows 1), a reflection of pollution variabilities between areas (arrows 2) and a transposition of feather data to internal tissues (arrow 3). 

Dmowski, K., Golimowski, J., 1993. Feathers of magpie (Pica pica) as a bioindicative material for heavy metal pollution assessment. Sci. Total Environ. 139/140, 251-258. 

Grodzinska, K., 1978. Mosses as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution in Polish national parks. Water Air Soil Pollut. 9, 83-97. 

Kooiker, G., 1987. Schwermetalle in Eiern und Federn von Elstem (Pica pica) Ein Beitrag zur Bioindikation (Heavy metals in magpie eggs and feathers A contribution to bioindication). Osnabriicker naturwissemschaf-tliche Mitteilungen 13, 57-64. 

Muller, P., Dmowski, K., Gast, F., Hahn, E., Wagner, G., 1984. Zum Problem der Bioindikation von standort-spezifischen Schwermetallbelastungen mit Vogelfedern (Bioindication of local heavy metal pollution). Wissenschaft und Umwelt 3, 139-144. 

Honey bees as bioindicators in Italy 223 Table 11.9 Absorption by honey of heavy metals contained in smoke ... 

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