The Science of the total environmentNew ZealandEnvironmental MonitoringBryophytaAir PollutionAir Pollutants
Green sentinels in a changing climate: Moss biomonitoring reveals air pollution dynamics in New Zealand.
Małgorzata Rajfur, Vítězslav Plášek, Inga Zinicovscaia, Paweł Świsłowski
Published: 202610.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181185
Abstract
We present the first island-wide biomonitoring survey of the South Island of New Zealand using epiphytic Orthotrichaceae. Mosses from 47 sites were analyzed for 16 elements, and enrichment factor (EF), contamination factor (CF), pollution load index…
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