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Environmental Pollution, Monitoring and Plants

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 6425

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Dr. Gana Gecheva

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Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Interests: environmental monitoring; environmental impact assessment; environmental pollution; water quality; air quality; river and lake ecology; aquatic macrophytes
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Dr. Giovanna Potenza

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School of Agriculture, Forestry, Food and Environment, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Interests: lichen; environmental monitoring; habitat; biodiversity
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Prof. Dr. Marko Sabovljevic

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Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Interests: bryophytes; bryophyte biology; conservation biology; conservation ecology and conservation physiology of plants; ex situ; plant ecology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental pollution is a well-known problem with a long history. Monitoring of the environment is crucial for assessing pollution and is the basis for successful environmental management.

Among the different biomonitors applied, plants are in a direct relationship with the surrounding media. Plant species can be studied in terrestrial and aquatic environments, and reveal sensitivity to a wide range of pollutants in air, water, and soil. They may assess spatial and temporal impacts, as well as local sources of contamination. Thus, plants have a huge potential as an element of environmental assessment and management.

This Special Issue of Plants is focused on the application of plants in the frame of reliable and comprehensible methods for assessing environmental pollution. It is expected to serve as a reservoir of knowledge in the field of plant monitoring to meet the needs of future environmental problems. It will also provide supervisory monitoring approaches to the implementation of remediation measures.

Dr. Gana Gecheva
Dr. Giovanna Potenza
Prof. Dr. Marko Sabovljevic
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Keywords

  • Air, water and soil pollution
  • biomonitors
  • plants
  • environmental monitoring
  • environmental impact assessment
  • environmental pollution
  • air quality
  • river and lake ecology
  • lichen
  • bioindicators
  • Biodiversity

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Macrophyte-Based Assessment of Upland Rivers: Bioindicators and Biomonitors
by Gana Gecheva, Silviya Stankova, Evelina Varbanova, Lidia Kaynarova, Deyana Georgieva and Violeta Stefanova
Plants 2023, 12(6), 1366; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12061366 - 19 Mar 2023
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For the first time, a macrophyte-based assessment of ecological status was related to the accumulated heavy metals and trace elements (Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) in aquatic plants. Three moss and two vascular plant species were [...] Read more.
For the first time, a macrophyte-based assessment of ecological status was related to the accumulated heavy metals and trace elements (Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) in aquatic plants. Three moss and two vascular plant species were applied as biomonitors: Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw., Leptodictyum riparium (Hedw.) Warnst., Platyhypnidium riparioides (Hedw.) Dixon, invasive Elodea canadensis Michx., and Myriophyllum spicatum L. Three streams were assessed as good at a high ecological status which correlated with low contamination based on calculated contamination factors (CFs) and metal pollution index (MPI). Two sites evaluated in moderate ecological status were revealed to be in heavy trace element contamination. The most significant was the accumulation of moss samples from the Chepelarska River under mining impact. Mercury exceeded the environmental quality standard (EQS) for biota in three of the studied upland river sites. Full article
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Araucaria heterophylla Needles in Urban Areas: Evaluation of Sources and Road Characteristics
by Katiuska Alexandrino, Nazly E. Sánchez, Rasa Zalakeviciute, Wilber Acuña and Fausto Viteri
Plants 2022, 11(15), 1948; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11151948 - 27 Jul 2022
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Araucaria heterophylla needles were collected in urban areas of the city of Quito, Ecuador, to analyze the relationship between the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with different emission sources and road characteristics. The PAHs were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and [...] Read more.
Araucaria heterophylla needles were collected in urban areas of the city of Quito, Ecuador, to analyze the relationship between the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with different emission sources and road characteristics. The PAHs were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and included naphthalene (Naph), benzo[a]anthracene (BaA), chrysene (Chry), and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), which are related to the sources considered in this work. The results indicated that some streets with moderate and low traffic intensity had higher total concentrations of PAHs than streets with high traffic intensity, showing the importance of non-traffic related emission sources and road characteristics on PAH emissions. All the studied PAHs were associated with traffic emissions, although Naph and BaP were more associated with acceleration and braking activities, while BaA and Chry also seemed to come from restaurant emissions. The presence of gas stations was also important in the emission of PAHs. Road capacity seems to have a higher effect on pollutant emission than road gradient and urban forms. The outcomes of this study are expected to facilitate the diagnostics of the concentration of PAHs in urban areas, which contribute to the design of strategies for the mitigation of pollution by PAHs in urban environment. Full article
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Habitat Fragmentation and Lichen Diversity in Peri-Urban Woodlands: A Case Study in the Municipality of Potenza (Southern Italy)
by Giovanna Potenza, Gianluca Gerardi, Simonetta Fascetti and Leonardo Rosati
Plants 2022, 11(14), 1858; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11141858 - 15 Jul 2022
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The fragmentation of the natural habitat is a process that is exponentially increasing worldwide and represents one of the biggest threats to biological diversity. Habitat destruction and fragmentation have a major impact on landscapes and may also affect ecosystems, populations, and species. The [...] Read more.
The fragmentation of the natural habitat is a process that is exponentially increasing worldwide and represents one of the biggest threats to biological diversity. Habitat destruction and fragmentation have a major impact on landscapes and may also affect ecosystems, populations, and species. The ongoing anthropogenic process can result in habitat loss for some species, habitat creation for others, reduced patch size, and increased distance between patches, which may lead to local extinction. We analyzed the effects of patch size and isolation on lichens in Quercus pubescens woods surrounding the city of Potenza (south Italy). We randomly sampled 11 forest patches with homogeneous environmental variables using circular plots with a 10 m radius; the patches ranged from 0.3 to 30 ha. For each plot, we collected data about presence and abundance of epiphytic lichens. We performed the analyses at the patch level using linear regression and multivariate analysis, searching for effects on species richness, life forms, and community compositions. Multivariate analyses were used to study the effect of fragmentation on the structure of lichen vegetation. We investigated the main predictor of lichen species richness in habitat fragmentations and concluded that patch area per se is an important (positive) driver of lichen species richness in Mediterranean peri-urban forests. Full article
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The Genetic Diversity of Pleurozium schreberi: A Preliminary Study Based on the atpB-rbcL
by Paweł Świsłowski, Paweł J. Domagała and Małgorzata Rajfur
Plants 2023, 12(19), 3487; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12193487 - 05 Oct 2023
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Pleurozium schreberi is a common and widespread species that has been the object of many studies, and its biology and ecology are well known. However, genetic studies on this species are limited or even absent. Because of the lack of any data about [...] Read more.
Pleurozium schreberi is a common and widespread species that has been the object of many studies, and its biology and ecology are well known. However, genetic studies on this species are limited or even absent. Because of the lack of any data about the genetic diversity of the moss species P. schreberi in Poland, the present paper describes the results of the studies carrying out for the first time this kind of research based on the atpB-rbcL spacer sequences of chloroplast DNA. A total of 35 specimens of P. schreberi from 19 locations in Poland were sampled. Total genomic DNA was extracted, amplified, and sequenced, and all obtained sequences were analyzed. Our findings suggest the low genetic diversity of P. schreberi in Poland. We detected four different haplotypes, shared between different populations. Full article
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