Moss and Lichen as Biomonitors for Heavy Metals

1 June 1997

journal article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Vol. 67 (1-4) , 41-48
https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319708031392

Abstract

Concentrations of Zn, Pb and Cd in the mosses Hypnum cupressiforme and Hylocomium splendens were compared with the measurements of these elements in lichen-samples of Hypogymnia physodes at five sampling sites with different pollution situation in Switzerland. From measurements of several sites we found that the ratio of lichen to moss concentrations is a function of the the pollution situation determined in moss concentrations. This finding was controlled by further measurements of mosses and lichen samples from the Simmental region. These results fit well in this functional dependency, this is especially true for zinc and cadmium concentrations.

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