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Mosses as biomonitors of atmospheric heavy metal deposition : Spatial patterns and temporal trends in Europe
Sigurður H. MagnússonOleg BlumWinfried SchröderEiliv SteinnesDavid NorrisKrystyna GrodzińskaRoland PeschL. De TemmermanSzymon KorzekwaViktor UrumovL. González-miqueoSébastien LeblondMarina FrontasyevaLotti ThöniZvonka JeranIvan SucharaMaria DamMahmut CoskunJuha PiispanenÅKe RühlingRenate AlberZdravko ŠPirićJ.a. FernándezHarald G. ZechmeisterYuliya AleksiayenakEero KubinLilyana YurukovaJesús Miguel SantamaríaKestutis KvietkusMiodrag KrmarHarry HarmensSiiri LiivBlanka MaňkovskáM. Frolovasubject
RainHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesischemistry.chemical_elementBryophytaToxicologyMetals HeavySnowBiomonitoringbiomonitoring; EMEP maps; heavy metals; metal deposition; Moss surveyArsenicCadmiumbiologyAtmosphereTrace elementGeneral MedicineHypnum cupressiformebiology.organism_classificationPollutionMossMercury (element)EuropeDeposition (aerosol physics)chemistryEnvironmental chemistryEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental PollutantsEnvironmental PollutionEnvironmental Monitoringdescription
In recent decades, mosses have been used successfully as biomonitors of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals. Since 1990, the European moss survey has been repeated at five-yearly intervals. Although spatial patterns were metal-specific, in 2005 the lowest concentrations of metals in mosses were generally found in Scandinavia, the Baltic States and northern parts of the UK ; the highest concentrations were generally found in Belgium and south-eastern Europe. The recent decline in emission and subsequent deposition of heavy metals across Europe has resulted in a decrease in the heavy metal concentration in mosses for the majority of metals. Since 1990, the concentration in mosses has declined the most for arsenic, cadmium, iron, lead and vanadium (52e72%), followed by copper, nickel and zinc (20e30%), with no significant reduction being observed for mercury (12% since 1995) and chromium (2%). However, temporal trends were country-specific with sometimes increases being found.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-17 |