Integrated biomonitoring of air quality with plants and lichens: a case study on ambient ozone from central Italy.

Abstract:

:A biennial integrated survey, based on the use of vascular plants for the bioindication of the effects of tropospheric ozone together with the use of automatic analysers of ozone, as well as the mapping of lichen biodiversity was performed in the area of Castelfiorentino (Tuscany, central Italy). Photochemically produced ozone proved to be a fundamental presence during the warm season, with maximum hourly means reaching 114 ppb, exceeding the information threshold as fixed by EU: the use of supersensitive tobacco Bel-W3 confirmed the opportunity of carrying out detailed cost-effective monitoring surveys. The potential for didactical and educational implications of this methodology are appealing. Critical levels set up for the protection of vegetation have exceeded considerably. The comparison of biomass productivity in sensitive and resistant individuals (NC-S and NC-R white clover clones, in the framework of an European network) provided evidence that ambient ozone levels are associated with relevant reduction (up to 30%) in the performance of sensitive material; effects on flowering were also pronounced. The economic assessment of such an impact deserves attention. Mapping of epiphytic lichen biodiversity--which has been used to monitor air quality worldwide--was not related to ozone geographical distribution as depicted by tobacco response.

journal_name

Chemosphere

journal_title

Chemosphere

authors

Nali C,Balducci E,Frati L,Paoli L,Loppi S,Lorenzini G

doi

10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.036

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-05-01 00:00:00

pages

2169-76

issue

11

eissn

0045-6535

issn

1879-1298

pii

S0045-6535(06)01786-3

journal_volume

67

pub_type

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