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Use of Mosses as Biomonitors of Major, Minor and Trace Element Deposition Around the Largest Thermal Power Plant in Serbia
Author(s) -
Ćujić Mirjana,
Dragović Snežana,
Sabovljević Marko,
SlavkovićBeškoski Latinka,
Kilibarda Milan,
Savović Jelena,
Onjia Antonije
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clean – soil, air, water
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1863-0669
pISSN - 1863-0650
DOI - 10.1002/clen.201100656
Subject(s) - moss , biomonitoring , environmental chemistry , deposition (geology) , trace element , environmental science , chemistry , botany , geology , biology , sediment , paleontology , organic chemistry
The survey results of an atmospheric deposition of major, minor and trace elements using the moss biomonitoring technique are given for the vicinity of the largest thermal power plant in Serbia. The mosses of genus Brachythecium sp. and species Kindbergia praelonga (Hedw) Ochyra, both pleurocarpous, were favoured. The concentrations of 22 elements were determined in moss samples using different spectrometric techniques depending on the sensitivity needed. Elevated concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Hg, Ni and V were found in the vicinity of the thermal power plant. The results obtained were chemometrically treated by cluster analysis, which grouped the elements into three clusters based on common patterns in their concentrations.