Bio-Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollution
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 2634
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Given the increasing concerns about the effects of environmental pollution on biota as well as the increasing recognition of the importance of bio-monitoring (and bioindication) as biologically meaningful methods for assessing environmental quality, I undertook the initiative to serve as a Guest Editor of a Special Issue on “Bio-Monitoring of Atmospheric Pollution” in the journal Applied Sciences, which is a highly qualified Journal, indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) [search for "Applied Sciences-Basel"], Scopus, Inspec (IET), and other databases.
This Special Issue is intended to collect high-quality manuscripts (research articles, reviews, communications, and concept papers) on a variety of sub-topics including: bio-monitoring/bioindication of inorganic (ozone, nitrogen, sulfur, fluoride, etc.) and organic (POPs, etc.) pollutants and trace elements (heavy metals, noble metals). Research dealing with the use of a spectrum of organisms from bryophytes, lichens, and higher plants (including trees) as bioindicators/bio-monitors of atmospheric quality is welcome.
Articles related, but not limited, to the following topics will be considered:
Ambient ozone bio-monitoring/bioindication with higher plants (tobacco Bel-W3, snap beans, white clover, subterranean clover, poplar trees, etc.); Fluoride bio-monitoring with Gladiolus; In-situ growing mosses and moss-bags as element accumulators; Lichen species richness as air quality indicator; Bio-monitoring in air pollution mapping; Bryophytes and lichens in mercury bio-monitoring; Sulfur pollution bio-monitoring with lichens and mosses; Bio-monitoring of trace elements with ryegrass or trees; Bio-monitoring or urban pollution by ornamental trees; Organisms evaluation as potential bio-monitors/bioindicators of air pollution; Intercomparison of bio-monitors/bioindicators; Bio-monitoring and bioindication in environmental legislation, directives, regulations and policies; Bio-monitoring and bioindication as a tool for public awareness of environmental quality; Bio-monitoring and bioindication: past, present, and future.
If you are interested in bio-monitoring/bioindication, do not miss this opportunity to be a contributor to this Special Issue of Applied Sciences.
Prof. Dr. Costas Saitanis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bio-monitoring
- bioindication
- bioaccumulation
- biological indicators
- air quality
- lichens
- bryophytes
- mosses
- moss bags
- Bel-W3
- pinto bean
- ryegrass
- gladiolus
- pines
- ozone
- O3
- fluoride
- sulfur
- nitrogen
- PANs
- heavy metals
- trace elements
- POPs
- persistent organic compounds
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