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August 11, 2024
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Drivers of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in hygrophytic bryophytes

Publicated to: Science of the Total Environment. 946 174293- - 2024-10-10 946(), DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174293

Authors:

Yáñez-Serrano, AM; Corbera, J; Portillo-Estrada, M; Janssens, IA; Llusià, J; Filella, I; Peñuelas, J; Preece, C; Sabater, F; Fernández-Martínez, M
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Affiliations

CREAF CSIC UAB, Global Ecol Unit, CSIC, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain - Author
CREAF, E-08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain - Author
ICHN, Delegacio Serralada Litoral Cent, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Author
IDAEA CSIC, Barcelona 08034, Spain - Author
IRTA, Caldes De Montbui, Catalonia, Spain - Author
Sostenibilitat en Biosistemes. Producció Animal - Author
Univ Antwerp, Dept Biol, PLECO Plants & Ecosyst, Antwerp, Belgium - Author
Univ Barcelona, Dept Evolutionary Biol Ecol & Environm Sci, BEECA UB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Bryophytes can both emit and take up biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) to and from the environment. Despite the scarce study of these exchanges, BVOCs have been shown to be important for a wide range of ecological roles. Bryophytes are the most ancient clade of land plants and preserve very similar traits to those first land colonisers. Therefore, the study of these plants can help understand the early processes of BVOC emissions as an adaptation to terrestrial life. Here, we determine the emission rates of BVOCs from different bryophyte species to understand what drives such emissions. We studied 26 bryophyte species from temperate regions that can be found in mountain springs located in NE Spain. Bryophyte BVOC emission presented no significant phylogenetic signal for any of the compounds analysed. Hence, we used mixed linear models to investigate the species-specific differences and eco-physiological and environmental drivers of bryophyte BVOC emission. In general, species-specific variability was the main factor explaining bryophyte BVOC emissions; but additionally, photosynthetic rates and light intensity increased BVOC emissions. Despite emission measurements reported here were conducted at 30 degrees, degrees , and may not directly correspond to emission rates in natural conditions, most of the screened species have never been measured before for BVOC emissions and therefore this information can help understand the drivers of the emissions of BVOCs in bryophytes.
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Keywords

Air pollutantsBryophytaBryophytesDamageEnvironmental monitoringExchangeGasesIsoprene emissionLeavesLiverwortsMossesMountain springMountain springsPeatlandPooSpainVolatile organic compounds

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Science of the Total Environment due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 39/376, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-06:

  • WoS: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 11.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 11 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 8 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/3174
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Belgium.

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Observations

EC/ERC/101076740/EU/Elemental Ecology: towards an element-based functional ecology/STOIKOS; MICINN/ /RYC2021-031511-I/ES/ /; FEDER/ / /EU/ /; MICIU/Programa Estatal de generación del conocimiento y fortalecimiento científico y tecnológico del sistema I+D+I y Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/PID2019-108990RB-I00/ES/CAMBIOS EN LA COMPOSICION DE LOS AEROSOLES Y SUS IMPLICACIONES EN CALIDAD DEL AIRE Y CLIMA EN EL NE DE ESPAÑA/CAIAC; MICINN/ /RYC2021-032519-I/ES/ /
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Awards linked to the item

This study was funded by the University of Antwerp - Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds Klein Project: "Unravelling the links between exudation, VOC emission, photosynthesis and elemental composition in bryophytes", reference: FFB200044. This research was also supported by the Catalan government project SGR2021-01333, the European Research Council project ERC-StG-2022-101076740 STOIKOS. M.F-M. was supported by a Ramon y Cajal fellowship (RYC2021-031511-I) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Next-GenerationEU program of the European Union, the Spanish plan of recovery, transformation and resilience, and the Spanish Research Agency. We acknowledge the Institucio Catalana d'Historia Natural (ICHN) and the Secciode Ciencies Biologiques de l'Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) for additional funding for studying Mediterranean springs. We also acknowledge the "Agencia Estatal de Investigacion" from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, FEDER funds under the projects CAIAC (PID2019-108990RB-I00), the Generalitat de Catalunya (AGAUR 2021 SGR 00447) , and the EGAR IDAEA-CSIC group for the use of their facilities. AMYS acknowledges a Ramon y Cajal grant (RYC2021-032519-I), her Juan de la Cierva grant and her La Caixa Foundation Junior Leader retaining fellowship.
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