Tillandsia usneoides: a successful alternative for biomonitoring changes in air quality due to a new highway in São Paulo, Brazil
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Tillandsia usneoides is an aerial epiphytic bromeliad
that absorbs water and nutrients directly from the atmosphere
by scales covering its surface. We expanded the use
of this species as a broader biomonitor based on chemical and
structural markers to detect changes in air quality. The usefulness
of such comprehensive approach was tested during the
construction and opening of a highway (SP-21) in São Paulo
State, Brazil. The biomonitoring study was performed from
2009 to 2012, thus comprising the period during construction
and after the highway inauguration. Metal accumulation and
structural alterations were assessed, in addition to microscopy
analyses to understand the metal chelation in plant tissues and
to assess the causes of alterations in the number and shape of
scale cells. Altogether, our analyses support the use of this
species as a wide biomonitor of air quality in urbanized areas.
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CARDOSO-GUSTAVSON, POLIANA; FERNANDES, FRANCINE F.; ALVES, EDENISE S.; VICTORIO, MARIANA P.; MOURA, BARBARA B.; DOMINGOS, MARISA; ALBUQUERQUE, CAROLINE R.; RIBEIRO, ANDREZA P.; NIEVOLA, CATARINA C.; FIGUEIREDO, ANA M.G. Tillandsia usneoides: a successful alternative for biomonitoring changes in air quality due to a new highway in São Paulo, Brazil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 23, n. 2, p. 1779-1788, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5449-8. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/27746. Acesso em: 30 Dec 2025.
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