biostudies-literatureCuevas JMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación3775https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10650150biostudies-literatureUnknown12(21)The aim of this study was to evaluate the most abundant native plants that could be used as a bio-monitor of metal(loid) concentration in dry riverbeds affected by mining activities. Three plants species and their respective rhizospheric soils were sampled from the El Beal (<i>Piptatherum miliaceum</i>, 15 samples), La Carrasquilla (<i>Foeniculum vulgare</i>, 10 samples), and Ponce (<i>Dittrichia viscosa</i>, 12 samples) dry riverbeds from the mining district of Cartegena-La Unión (SE Spain). There is scanty bibliography of the capacity of these species to be used as bio-monitors in the dry riverbeds. Plants categorized as a bio-monitor were established according to the bioaccumulation factor (BF), mobility ratio (MR), and linear correlations between metal(loid) concentrations in plants tiPlants (Basel, Switzerland)Bio-Monitoring of Metal(loid)s Pollution in Dry Riverbeds Affected by Mining Activity.PMC10650150PID2019-110311RB-C22Acosta JACuevas JBeltra JMartinez JMartinez-Martinez SFaz AGabarron MfalseBio-Monitoring of Metal(loid)s Pollution in Dry Riverbeds Affected by Mining Activity.The aim of this study was to evaluate the most abundant native plants that could be used as a bio-monitor of metal(loid) concentration in dry riverbeds affected by mining activities. Three plants species and their respective rhizospheric soils were sampled from the El Beal (<i>Piptatherum miliaceum</i>, 15 samples), La Carrasquilla (<i>Foeniculum vulgare</i>, 10 samples), and Ponce (<i>Dittrichia viscosa</i>, 12 samples) dry riverbeds from the mining district of Cartegena-La Unión (SE Spain). There is scanty bibliography of the capacity of these species to be used as bio-monitors in the dry riverbeds. Plants categorized as a bio-monitor were established according to the bioaccumulation factor (BF), mobility ratio (MR), and linear correlations between metal(loid) concentrations in plants ti2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Nov2025-04-04T09:30:05.742Z2025-04-04T09:30:05.742ZS-EPMC106501503796013110.3390/plants12213775