title: Air quality for metals and sulfur in Shanghai, China, determined with moss bags.
abstract: In order to better understand the spatial and temporal distribution pattern of metals and sulfur present in Shanghai, moss bags with Haplocladium microphyllum (Hedw.) Broth. were suspended at 14 local monitoring stations from April through June 2006 in Shanghai, the largest city in China. The results showed that the concentrations of S, Cu, Pb, and Zn in the moss bags after exposure were higher at the sites in the industrial district and most urban districts and lower at the sites in suburban areas, and well correlated with SO(2) API and PM10 API in the air both in terms of space and time. The present study provided evidence that the moss H. microphyllum is suitable for bio-monitoring air pollution with moss bags and further confirmed that the moss-bag method is a simple, inexpensive and useful technique.
authors.affiliation: College of Life & Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China. ct1946@263.net
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Yinghao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yuxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Shuiliang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Benrong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jiming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Zhirui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D044002:Bryophyta / Q000737:chemistry*; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000032:analysis*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D008670:Metals; D007854:Lead; D013455:Sulfur; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc