Year: 2015
Title: Heavy metal and nitrogen concentrations in mosses are declining across Europe whilst some "hotspots" remain in 2010
Author: Harmens, H
Author: Norris, D A
Author: Sharps, K
Author: Mills, G
Author: Alber, R
Author: Aleksiayenak, Y
Author: Blum, O
Author: Cucu-Man, S-M
Author: Dam, M
Author: De Temmerman, L
Author: Ene, A
Author: Fernández, J A
Author: Martinez-Abaigar, J
Author: Frontasyeva, M
Author: Godzik, B
Author: Jeran, Z
Author: Lazo, P
Author: Leblond, S
Author: Liiv, S
Author: Magnússon, S H
Author: Maňkovská, B
Author: Karlsson, G Pihl
Author: Piispanen, J
Author: Poikolainen, J
Author: Santamaria, J M
Author: Skudnik, M
Author: Spiric, Z
Author: Stafilov, T
Author: Steinnes, E
Author: Stihi, C
Author: Suchara, I
Author: Thöni, L
Author: Todoran, R
Author: Yurukova, L
Author: Zechmeister, H G
Abstract: In recent decades, naturally growing mosses have been used successfully as biomonitors of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and nitrogen. Since 1990, the European moss survey has been repeated at five-yearly intervals. In 2010, the lowest concentrations of metals and nitrogen in mosses were generally found in northern Europe, whereas the highest concentrations were observed in (south-)eastern Europe for metals and the central belt for nitrogen. Averaged across Europe, since 1990, the median concentration in mosses has declined the most for lead (77%), followed by vanadium (55%), cadmium (51%), chromium (43%), zinc (34%), nickel (33%), iron (27%), arsenic (21%, since 1995), mercury (14%, since 1995) and copper (11%). Between 2005 and 2010, the decline ranged from 6% for copper to 36% for lead; for nitrogen the decline was 5%. Despite the Europe-wide decline, no changes or increases have been observed between 2005 and 2010 in some (regions of) countries.
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Relation: Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/15959
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/15959Identifier: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.036
Identifier: 200
