Article | REF: BIO5500 V1

Plant biomonitoring of air and water pollution

Author: Jean-Pierre GARREC

Publication date: November 10, 2007

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5. Current status of biomonitoring

It is interesting to note that, in Europe, apart from accidents or specific polluted areas, pollution levels in both air and water are now relatively low. As a result, the use of bioindicator plants is becoming increasingly problematic. Indeed, in the case of low levels of pollution, the physiological disturbances induced by pollutants (particularly in terms of oxidative stress) are of the same order of magnitude as those induced by the environment (day-night alternation, for example) or by genetic variability.

However, in the air, there are still levels of a few pollutants in Europe that are high enough to be studied using bioindicator plants. These particular pollutants are essentially ozone O 3 , nitrogen oxides NO x and sulfur dioxide SO 2...

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