MOSS BIOMONITORING TECHNIQUE OF AIR IN SOME URBAN AREA OF ALBANIA

Atmospheric particulates with trace metals have an important impact on human health. Moss biomonitoring is a technique used in many parts of the world to determine the concentrations of HM in the atmosphere and their potential sources. In the present study we determined the concentrations of HM (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cr, Co, Cd, Hg) in air using mosses collected in rural sites (23 sampling stations). The terrestrial moss used was Hypnum cupressiforme. The locations of the sampling sites were determined by GPS and represented by maps. The target elements like The intensity of metal mean values in moss samples follows the trend: Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, Fe, As and Cd, as most toxic elements, were determined by ICP/AES method.The metal concentrations of were reporter as mg/lg in dry weight material. The results are expressed as pollution gradients.The intensity of metal mean values in moss samples follows the trend: As