naa a22 4500 510751024 CHVBK 20180411083104.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-013-1753-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-013-1753-4 Physiological and Growth Responses of Transplants of the Moss Pseudoscleropodium purum to Atmospheric Pollutants [Elektronische Daten] [Z. Varela, S. Roiloa, J. Fernández, R. Retuerto, A. Carballeira, J. Aboal] Terrestrial mosses are used as biomonitors to assess atmospheric pollution. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of chemical contaminants on the physiological responses of mosses. For this purpose, we transplanted clean moss samples to five sampling sites at different distances from a steelworks factory, for different lengths of time (four periods of 1month, two periods of 2months and one period of 4months). At each sampling site, we collected bulk deposition samples, and we also measured the concentrations of Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Pb, V and Zn in the moss tissues and determined the chlorophyll content (CHL) index, Fv/Fm ratio and moss growth rate, with the following aims: (a) to determine the relationships between the concentrations of elements in bulk deposition and moss samples, physiological traits and growth of the mosses; and (b) to determine whether such relationships are affected by the duration of exposure and level of contamination. Although we did not identify any such relationships, the CHL index and growth rate were both lowest at high concentrations of metals and metalloids in the moss tissues, which suggest the existence of a threshold type of response for both variables. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Bulk precipitation nationallicence Chlorophyll fluorescence nationallicence Spectral reflectance nationallicence Terrestrial mosses nationallicence Steelworks nationallicence Varela Z. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut Roiloa S. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut Fernández J. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut Retuerto R. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut Carballeira A. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut Aboal J. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/10(2013-10-01), 1-10 0049-6979 224:10<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1753-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1753-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Varela Z. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roiloa S. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fernández J. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Retuerto R. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carballeira A. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aboal J. Área de Ecología, Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Facultad de Biología, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/10(2013-10-01), 1-10 0049-6979 224:10<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer