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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2019

The use of vegetation, bees, and snails as important tools for the biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution-a review.

Josephine Al-Alam, Asma Chbani, Ziad Faljoun, Maurice Millet

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Biomonitoring of element contamination in bees and beehive products in the Rome province (Italy).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022
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  15. Street design scenarios using vegetation for sustainable thermal comfort in Erzurum, Turkey.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021
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4 authors.

Josephine Al-AlamAzm Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, El Mittein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon.
Asma ChbaniAzm Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, El Mittein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon.
Ziad FaljounAzm Center for Research in Biotechnology and its Applications, Doctoral School of Science and Technology, Lebanese University, El Mittein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon.
Maurice MilletInstitute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health ICPEES UMR 7515 Group of Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. mmillet@unistra.fr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The continuous discharge of diverse chemical products in the environment is nowadays of great concern to the whole world as some of them persist in the environment leading to serious diseases. Several sampling techniques have been used for the characterization of this chemical pollution, although biomonitoring using natural samplers has recently become the technique of choice in this field due to its efficiency, specificity, and low cost. In fact, several living organisms known as biomonitors could accumulate the well-known persistent environmental pollutants allowing their monitoring in the environment. In this work, a review on environmental biomonitoring is presented. The main sampling techniques used for monitoring environmental pollutants are first reported, followed by an overview on well-known natural species used as passive samplers and known as biomonitors. These species include conifer needles, lichen, mosses, bees and their byproducts, and snails, and were widely used in recent research as reliable monitors for environmental pollution.

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Air PollutantsAnimalsAtmosphereBeesBryophytaEnvironmental MonitoringLichensSnailsAir PollutantsBeesBiomonitorsConifersEnvironmental pollutionLichensMossesSnails

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