Active Moss Biomonitoring Using the “Moss Bag Technique” in the Park of Moscowстатья
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Аннотация:Quality control of atmospheric air is a priority topic for monitoring the environment. There is agreat need for rapid and cost-effective control of atmospheric pollution. The protected and park zones play arecreational role, therefore the assessment of air quality in this area is especially important. For the first timeactive biomonitoring (moss bags technique) was applied in Moscow, at the state museum-reserve Tsaritsyno.As a bioindicator the moss Sphagnum girgensohnii was chosen. This species was collected in a pristine wetlandarea Domkino Bay, near Dubna, Russia. S. girgensohnii was bagged and exhibited at three locations of Tsaritsynofrom June to September of 2017. The goal of this pilot study was to assess air pollution with trace elementsfrom potential pollution sources in Moscow. A total of 32 chemical elements: Na, Mg, Al, Cl, K, Ca,Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Se, As, Br, Rb, Mo, Sr, Sb, Ba, Cs, La, Sm, Tb, Ce, Hf, Ta, W, Th, and Uwere determined in the exposed samples by neutron activation analysis at the reactor IBR-2 of FLNP, JINR,and three environmentally meaningful elements: Pb, Cu, and Cd were determined by atomic absorption spectrometryin the same laboratory. Obtained results showed increase of the concentration of elements consideredas environmental pollutants, Sb, Cr, V, etc., in moss samples exposed at different sites in Tsaritsyno park,which requires attention from the Moscow authorities. Sphagnum girgensohnii proved to be a cheap and efficienttool to assess heavy metal pollution in urban area.