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B. Balabanova, T. Stafilov (eds.), Contaminant Levels and Ecological Effects,
Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66135-9_5
Chapter 5
Proposing Chemometric Tool for Efficacy
Surface Dust Deposition Tracking in Moss
Tissue Cross Bioindication Process
of Metals in Environment
Biljana Balabanova, Maja Lazarova, Blažo Boev, Lucian Barbu-Tudoran,
and Maria Suciu
Abstract Mosses have been used for biomonitoring in a number of different ways
which may lead to rather different results, and some kind of classification seems
necessary at this point. Epigeic mosses (growing on the ground) are preferred in the
regional surveys in Europe. Trace elements may be either absorbed on the moss
from the atmosphere as soluble chemical species in wet deposition or contained in
particles from dry deposition. Part of the trace element content of particulates may
eventually be released by weathering and reabsorbed by the moss. Whereas uptake
efficiencies for particulate-bound trace elements are generally poorly known, ions
may be subject to active uptake into cells or attached on the moss surface by physical and chemical forces. Methods are available to distinguish between intracellular
and surface-bound fractions of elements. The main problem with the issue of moss
biomonitoring is revealed as (a) the transport of soluble compounds from the soil
into moss tissue, particularly during periods with excessive soil/water contact.
Although mosses do not have a root system, influence from this source cannot be
disregarded, in particular in areas with low atmospheric deposition and (b) windblown mineral dust from local soil. As far as the surface-bound fraction is concerned, little is known about the binding mechanisms, but the fact that different
B. Balabanova (*)
Faculty of Agriculture, Goce Delčev University, Štip, Republic of North Macedonia
e-mail: biljana.balabanova@ugd.edu.mk
M. Lazarova · B. Boev
Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences Goce Delčev University,
Štip, Republic of North Macedonia
L. Barbu-Tudoran
National Institute for R&D of Isotopic and Molecular Technology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
M. Suciu
Biology and Geology Faculty, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
B. Balabanova, T. Stafilov (eds.), Contaminant Levels and Ecological Effects,
Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66135-9_5
Chapter 5
Proposing Chemometric Tool for Efficacy
Surface Dust Deposition Tracking in Moss
Tissue Cross Bioindication Process
of Metals in Environment
Biljana Balabanova, Maja Lazarova, Blažo Boev, Lucian Barbu-Tudoran,
and Maria Suciu
Abstract Mosses have been used for biomonitoring in a number of different ways
which may lead to rather different results, and some kind of classification seems
necessary at this point. Epigeic mosses (growing on the ground) are preferred in the
regional surveys in Europe. Trace elements may be either absorbed on the moss
from the atmosphere as soluble chemical species in wet deposition or contained in
particles from dry deposition. Part of the trace element content of particulates may
eventually be released by weathering and reabsorbed by the moss. Whereas uptake
efficiencies for particulate-bound trace elements are generally poorly known, ions
may be subject to active uptake into cells or attached on the moss surface by physical and chemical forces. Methods are available to distinguish between intracellular
and surface-bound fractions of elements. The main problem with the issue of moss
biomonitoring is revealed as (a) the transport of soluble compounds from the soil
into moss tissue, particularly during periods with excessive soil/water contact.
Although mosses do not have a root system, influence from this source cannot be
disregarded, in particular in areas with low atmospheric deposition and (b) windblown mineral dust from local soil. As far as the surface-bound fraction is concerned, little is known about the binding mechanisms, but the fact that different
B. Balabanova (*)
Faculty of Agriculture, Goce Delčev University, Štip, Republic of North Macedonia
e-mail: biljana.balabanova@ugd.edu.mk
M. Lazarova · B. Boev
Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences Goce Delčev University,
Štip, Republic of North Macedonia
L. Barbu-Tudoran
National Institute for R&D of Isotopic and Molecular Technology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
M. Suciu
Biology and Geology Faculty, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania