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[Mira Anicic Urosevic]

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Obaveštavamo vas da će u četvrtak, 13. marta, u 14 h u sali "Zvonko 
Marić", MSc Gordana Vuković održati seminar povodom izbora u zvanje 
istraživač saradnik, pod nazivom:


ACTIVE MOSS BIOMONITORING OF AIR QUALITY IN THE BELGRADE URBAN AREA


Abstract:

Active biomonitoring, using moss as transplants, is applied 
predominantly in urban and industrial areas where naturally growing 
mosses are usually absent, to achieve information about air pollution. 
The “moss bags technique” is one of the active biomonitoring methods, 
where suitable moss species are used for assessment of airborne 
pollutants (trace elements, polyciclic aromatic hydrocarbons - PAHs, 
etc.) in urban and other highly polluted areas. It is a flexible and 
low-cost method to achieve information about air pollution in comparison 
with an expensive instrument and ongoing equipment maintenance of 
monitoring stations.

In 2011, in five street canyons and one city tunnel, two experiments 
were carried out with the aim to evaluate the possibility of using 
Sphagnum girgensohnii moss bags for investigation of the small scale 
vertical and horizontal distribution patterns of major and trace 
elements (Al, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, Sr and 
Zn).

In 2012, other study was performed in four parking garages in downtown 
of Belgrade with the aim to provide multi-pollutant assessment. 
Concentrations of 16 US EPA priority PAHs and 16 major and trace 
elements  were determined in particulate matter samples (PM10). The 
carcinogenic health risk of employees’ occupational exposure to heavy 
metals (Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb) and PAHs (B[a]A, Cry, B[b]F, B[k]F, B[a]P and 
DB[ah]A) was estimated. A possibility of using Sphagnum girgensohnii 
moss bags for monitoring of trace element air pollution in semi-enclosed 
spaces was evaluated as well.

In 2013, the project “Active biomonitoring of heavy metals and other 
elements in the air of Belgrade using moss bag technique” was carried 
out in order to get insight into the air quality assessment of the city 
of Belgrade. The content of 17 heavy metals and other elements were 
determined in the moss exposed at 160 measuring sites.


References:

1. G. Vukovic, M. Anicic Uroševic, I. Razumenic, Z. Goryainova, M. 
Frontasyeva, M.
Tomaševic, A. Popovic (2013): Active moss biomonitoring of small-scale 
spatial
distribution of airborne major and trace elements in the Belgrade urban 
area,
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20:5461–5470
M21

2. G. Vukovic, M. Anicic Uroševic, I. Razumenic, M. Kuzmanoski, M. 
Pergal, S. Škrivanj,
A. Popovic(2013): Air quality in urban parking garages (PM10, major and 
trace elements,
PAHs): instrumental measurements vs. active moss biomonitoring, 
Atmospheric
Environment, in press
M21

3. „Активни биомониторинг тешких метала и других елемената у ваздуху 
Београда коришћењем врећица с маховином (moss bag technique)“, završni 
izveštaj, 2013.


 

-- 
Dr Mira Aničić Urošević
Research Assistant Professor
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Institute of Physics Belgrade
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