Consolidación, análisis y documentación del estado del arte sobre tipos y metodologías de bioindicadores usados en la evaluación del impacto de la calidad del aire a nivel local e internacional, para su potencial articulación en la actualización del Índice Bogotano de Calidad del Aire y Riesgo en Salud (IBOCA)

Abstract

Research was conducted on the state of the art of air quality bioindicators in different parts of the world, from which the methodologies used to carry out each of the studies were obtained, as well as the materials, equipment and techniques used, an estimate of costs associated with each one of the investigations and an inventory of species with potential for bioindication. Subsequently, the agroclimatological characterization of Bogotá city was carried out by means of maps generated with official cartographic information and the ArcGis® program, and finally a methodology based on weighting of environmental factors was implemented to determine which of these bioindicator species were suitable for the city environment; thus, 17 species with a "very high" classification of pertinence of use were proposed in order to consider their inclusion in the update of the Bogotá Air Quality and Health Risk Index (IBOCA).