Biological monitoring of ozone: the twenty-year Italian experience
Nali, C; Francini, A; Lorenzini, G
HERO ID
199343
Reference Type
Journal Article
Subtype
Review
Year
2006
Language
English
PMID
| HERO ID | 199343 |
|---|---|
| Material Type | Review |
| In Press | No |
| Year | 2006 |
| Title | Biological monitoring of ozone: the twenty-year Italian experience |
| Authors | Nali, C; Francini, A; Lorenzini, G |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Monitoring |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Page Numbers | 25-32 |
| Abstract | Tropospheric ozone is a growing environmental menace in Italy and in the whole Mediterranean basin. The importance of active biomonitoring of this pollutant with hypersensitive Bel-W3 tobacco plants is stressed, and several examples of field studies carried out in Italy with this technique are presented. Current limitations are discussed, with special emphasis on data quality assessment and the opportunity of adopting easy-to-use kits based on tobacco germlings instead of adult plants. A standardization of methodologies (from cultivation to scoring and data elaboration), also at an international level, is strongly felt to be needed, in order to get official acknowledgement of biomonitoring procedures. Potential educational implications, with the active involvement of students and environmentalists, are shown. Other biological indicators are used. namely sensitive and resistant white clover (Trifolium repens) clones (as descriptors of biomass reduction in crops species) and Centaurea jacea (brown knapweed) as a model species to evaluate the relationship between ozone exposure and effects on the performance and injury symptoms of native plants which are largely used in the framework of European programmes. |
| Doi | 10.1039/b510303g |
| Pmid | 16395456 |
| Wosid | WOS:000235136000005 |
| Is Certified Translation | No |
| Dupe Override | No |
| Comments | N1-JanN1-Biological monitoring of ozone: the twenty-year Italian experienceN1-ISI:000235136000005AD-Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Coltivaz & Difesa Specie Legnose Gio, I-56124 Pisa, Italy. Nali, C, Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Coltivaz & Difesa Specie Legnose Gio, Via Borghetto,80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy. cnali@agr.unipi.itID - 1768 |
| Is Public | Yes |
| Language Text | English |
| Keyword | sensitive tobacco seedlings; ambient ozone; white clover; air-pollution; surface ozone; potential bioindicator; response; relationships; miniaturized bioassay; tropospheric ozone; visual; assessment |
| Is Qa | No |