Monitoring and Mapping Air Pollution Through an Animal Indicator: A New and Quick Method

• DOI: 10.2307/2402995
• Publication Date: 2006-06-17T07:57:06Z
• Authors: H. M. Andre; C. Bolly; Ph. Lebrun
• Keywords: 0106 biological sciences; 13. Climate action; 11. Sustainability; 01 natural sciences

SUMMARY A transplant experiment using an animal was carried out for monitoring and mapping air pollution in Brussels during the Winter of 1980. A microarthropod, Humerobates rostrolamellatus (Acari: Oribatida), known to be sensitive to S02 was used as a biological indicator.