Assessment of air pollution by toxic elements on petrol stations using moss and lichen bag technique

• Published in: Plant, soil and environment Vol. 63; no. 8; pp. 355 - 361
• Main Authors: DEMKOVÁ, Lenka, BARANOVÁ, Beáta, OBOŇA, Jozef, ÁRVAY, Július, LOŠÁK, Tomáš
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prague Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) 01.01.2017; Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Subjects: Accumulation; air; Air pollution; Automotive bodies; bio-monitoring; Cadmium; Cobalt; combustion; coniferous tree; conifers; Copper; emission; environment; Gasoline; Heavy metals; Hypogymnia physodes; Iron; Lead; Lichens; Manganese; Mercury; Mercury (metal); Mosses; mosses and liverworts; Nickel; pollutant; Polytrichum; Pseudevernia furfuracea; Rhytidiadelphus; road dust; roadside environment; Service stations; Slovakia; soil; toxicity; Urban areas; Zinc; Slovakia

Three moss (Pleurosium spp., Polytrichum spp., Rhytidiadelphus spp.) and two lichen taxa (Hypogymnia physodes L., Pseudevernia furfuracea L.), were exposed for four weeks in six petrol stations, two consecutive years (2015–2016), in urban area of the Prešov city (Slovakia), to assess accumulation of...