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Bryophyte species diversity and its indicative roles in monitoring heavy metals pollution in Zhangjiawanzi gold deposit area of Guizhou Province, Southwest China.

ZUO Si-yi1, WANG Zhi-hui1, ZHANG Zhao-hui1,2**   

  1. (1 School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China; 2 Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550001, China)
  • Online:2013-02-10 Published:2013-02-10

Abstract: An investigation was conducted on the bryophytes in Zhangjiawanzi gold deposit area of Guizhou Province, and the fluorescence spectroscopy (AF-640) and absorption spectrophotometer AAnalyst 800 were used to measure the concentrations of 6 heavy metals (Cu, Zu, Cd, Pb, Hg, and As) in the dominant bryophyte species and soils in heavily polluted area, relatively polluted area, and clean area. A total of 75 bryophyte samples were collected, belonging to 23 species, 16 genera, and 9 families. The dominant families were Pottiaceae and Bryaceae, whose life-forms were mainly of short turfs, tall turfs, wefts, and mats. The short turfs were significantly dominant, taking up 80.3% of the total life-forms. The measurement of the heavy metals concentrations indicated that this gold deposit area was heavily polluted by Hg, As, and Cd. The enrichment coefficient of Cd by Cymnostomum subrigidulum and Plagiomnium cuspidatum was 5.58 and 1.64, belonging to intensive and relative enrichment, respectively. The concentrations in the bryophytes and soils had a significant positive correlation, suggesting that bryophytes could be used for the monitoring of heavy metals pollution in this gold deposit area.