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Heavy metal bioaccumulation by the bryophyte Scleropodium purum at three French sites under various influences: rural conditions, traffic, and industry

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An active biomonitoring of the heavy metals pollution experiment was undertaken by means of the bryophyte species Scleropodium purum transplanted at three different sites exposed to rural, traffic, or industrial influences. Concentrations of about 40 elements in S. purum were determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Accumulation rates of heavy metals were determined in the three sites. These accumulation rates in polluted sites were matched together and also to those recorded at the rural site. The changes of the accumulation rate of heavy metals in S. purum versus their concentrations in PM10 particles simultaneously collected above show some different accumulation properties of S. purum according to elements and sites. S. purum has a weak efficiency in the three sites to accumulate elements like V, Cr, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Sb, and Pb originating from atmospheric hot sources generally enriched in particulates matter (PM10), whereas it is particularly high for Br, Th, and Rb. For other elements, Co, La, Ce, and Hf, and rare earth elements, Fe, Sr, Nb, Ti, Al, and Sc, the collection efficiency by S. purum is intermediate. In the industrial site Dunkerque, a magnification of the collection efficiency by S. purum for elements originating from steel and aluminum productions and petroleum refinement suggests that these metals could be enriched in coarse particles with a better accumulation by the bryophyte with respect to PM10.

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  1. UMR 3299 CEA/CNRS SIS2M-LIONS CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif sur Yvette cedex, France

    Clarisse Mariet & Mélanie Moskura

  2. Laboratoire Pierre Süe, CNRS-CEA, Bat, 91191, Gif sur Yvette cedex, France

    André Gaudry

  3. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement CEA-CNRS-UVSQ/IPSL, 91198, Gif sur Yvette cedex, France

    Sophie Ayrault

  4. Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Laboratoire de Botanique et de Mycologie, Université Lille Nord de France (Droit et Santé Lille 2), BP. 83, 59006, Lille Cedex, France

    Franck Denayer

  5. Université de Franche-Comté, 25030, Besançon cedex, France

    Nadine Bernard

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Mariet, C., Gaudry, A., Ayrault, S. et al. Heavy metal bioaccumulation by the bryophyte Scleropodium purum at three French sites under various influences: rural conditions, traffic, and industry. Environ Monit Assess 174, 107–118 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1442-3

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