Fernández Escribano, José ÁngelAboal Viñas, JesúsDebén García, Sofía2018-12-052018-12-052018http://hdl.handle.net/10347/17885Aquatic bryophytes, native or transplanted, can be used as reliable, simple and economical tools for biomonitoring the aquatic environment but one of the main impediments to the widespread use of these techniques is the lack of standardized protocols. Hence, the first task of this doctoral research was to address this problem in two critical reviews of the methodology used for passive and active biomonitoring (Chapters I and II). Because of the advantages of the use of transplanted mosses over the use of native mosses, the research efforts then focused on optimizing some of the key methodological aspects of applying the moss bag technique. In Chapter III, the optimal devitalizing treatment of moss samples was selected, while in Chapter IV the optimal number and position of moss bags for use in biomonitoring studies were determinedengAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/aquatic mossesheavy metalswater pollutionMaterias::Investigación::33 Ciencias tecnológicas::3308 Ingeniería y tecnología del medio ambiente::330811 Control de la contaminación del aguaMaterias::Investigación::25 Ciencias de la tierra y del espacio::2508 Hidrología::250811 Calidad de las aguasdoctoral thesisopen access