Various methods have been developed to monitor environmental quality, including
biomonitoring using lichen. In this paper, a total of 143 previous studies from the last decade …

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in urban dust of Moscow megacity and related risks have
been studied. 78 samples were collected in the Moscow downtown in sites with different …

The integrated use of tree rings and outer tissues, and lichens, was tested for monitoring
how pollutant concentrations vary in space and over time nearby an incinerator in industrial …

Monitoring air quality by using living organisms as biomonitors has received increasing
attention in recent years. However, rather few studies were based on the concomitant use of …

Urban mangroves are affected by surrounding anthropogenic activities. Heavy metals in
urban mangroves lack systematic evaluation, and their relationships with surrounding …

The concentration of selected trace elements and the magnetic properties of samples of the
lichen Evernia prunastri exposed for 3 months in Milan (Italy) were investigated to test if …

In this study we investigated the bioaccumulation of selected trace elements in lichen
samples transplanted for three months in Milan, Italy, with the aim of assessing the main …

Abstract Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. is a widely spread foliose lichen showing high
tolerance against UV-radiation thanks to parietin, a secondary lichen substance. We …

Bryophytes act as bioindicators and bioaccumulators of metal deposition in the environment.
The atmospheric deposition of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Mn, Pb, and Zn in Kosovo was …

Lichen transplants Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach. and recently available low-cost PM 10
samplers were placed side-by-side for one year at twenty-three sites located in an urban …