Biomonitor
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Biomonitors defined as organism that contain information on the quantitative aspects of the quality of the environment (Madejon et al, 2004)
Biomonitors and bioindicators are organism or communities of organism that deliver information on the quality of the environmental changes or the quantity of the environmental pollutants (or their changes), respectively, through the study of their content of certain elements or compounds and/or their morphological or cellular structure, metabolic-biochemical processes, behavior or population structure(s), including changes in these parameters. The difference between bioindicators and biomonitors is in the type of information they deliver, qualitative versus quantitative (Gorecki, 2002).
According to Tingey (1989), "There is no better indicator of the status of a species or a system than a species or system itself"; show how important and relevant biomonitoring to be applied in the environments monitoring. A bioindicator is an organism or biological response that reveals the presence of the pollutants by the accurance of typical symptoms or measurable responses. A biomonitor provides information on the presence of the pollutant and attempts to provide additional information about the amount and intensity of the exposure.
Biological monitoring (abbr. biomonitoring) is the use of the properties of an organism to obtain information on certain aspects of the biosphere (Bohm, 1998).
According to Wolterbeek et al (2001), biomonitoring is the use of the properties of an organism to obtain information on certain aspects of the biosphere.
Biomonitoring of air pollutants can be passive or active (Mulgrew and Williams, 2000). Passive methods observe plants growing naturally within the area of interest. Active methods detect the presence of air pollutants by placing test plants of known response and genotype into the study area. Bioaccumulative indicators are frequently regarded as biomonitors.
Several types of biomonitors - mosses, lichens, tree bark, bark pocket, tree rings, leaves, and fungi.
