Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as the main components of petroleum (PHCs), are carcinogenic organic pollutants that occur widely in atmospheric environment with increasing concentration. Moreover, PAHs widespread all over world due to their high volatility and long-range transport potential. The monitoring is often limited by working conditions, especially around oil field operation a...

The application of fish erythrocyte micronucleus assay in pollution monitoringparticularly in water has been described as sensitive biodetector of genotoxicants. The pervasiveness of this technique has been characterized by varieties of sensitivities and adequacies in forms of early warning of ecodamage and toxicity, stresses on the health of organisms and ecosystems. Since biodiversity-rich fr...

Although a large body of literature exists on the use of transplanted mosses for biomonitoring of air pollution, no article has addressed so far the use and the accumulation performance of a cloned moss for this purpose. In this work, a direct comparison of metal accumulation between bags filled with a Sphagnum palustre L. clone or with native Pseudoscleropodium purum Hedw., one of the most use...

Particulate matter (PM) is one of the most harmful pollution components widely present in the environment. It has been demonstrated that magnetic measurement is an important means in PM pollution study through plant leaves. Plants species are found as effective biomonitors and may act as natural filters by trapping and retaining PM on their surfaces. In the present study, Ficus bengalensis tree...

Knowing the relationship between pollution sources and air concentrations is crucial. Mathematical modeling a suitable method for assessment of this relationship. The aim research was to compare results Analytical Dispersion Modelling Supercomputer System (ADMOSS), which used in large areas, with moss biomonitoring. For comparison purposes, mathematical collection samples biomonitoring Czech–Po...

Histone variants are used by the cell to build specialized nucleosomes, replacing canonical histones and generating functionally specialized chromatin domains. Among many other processes, the specialization imparted by histone H2A (H2A.X and H2A.Z) variants to the nucleosome core particle constitutes the earliest response to DNA damage in the cell. Consequently, chromatin-based genotoxicity tes...

Testate amoebae (TA) associated with terrestrial mosses are increasingly used in ecological and ecotoxicological studies. The TA community is sensitive to changes in its environment (climate change, metal or gas pollution). In this study, a “bryophyte-TA” microsystem was investigated as an indicator of dry particulate deposition and NO2 atmospheric concentration over an 8-month period in rural,...

biomonitoring is the one of the cost-effective and simple ways for investigation of environmental quality and refers to process which in that using living organisms or part of them can obtain quantitative information on environmental quality. industrial activities causes to entrance considerable amount of heavy metals to the atmosphere and use of boimonitoring potential of plants growing in the...