Spatially valid data of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and nitrogen derived by moss surveys for pollution risk assessments of ecosystems
- Schröder, W. 2
- Nickel, S. 2
- Schönrock, Simon. 2
- Meyer, M. 2
- Wosniok, W. 9
- Harmens, H. 6
- Frontasyeva, M.V. 13
- Alber, R. 3
- Aleksiayenak, J. 10
- Barandovski, L. 8
- Carballeira, A. 24
- Danielsson, H. 1
- de Temmermann, L. 29
- Godzik, B. 30
- Jeran, Z. 12
- Karlsson, G.P. 1
- Lazo, P. 25
- Leblond, S. 14
- Lindroos, A.-J. 16
- Liiv, S. 22
- Magnússon, S.H. 5
- Mankovska, B. 7
- Martínez-Abaigar, J. 23
- Piispanen, J. 15
- Poikolainen, J. 17
- Popescu, I.V. 28
- Qarri, F. 27
- Santamaria, J.M. 11
- Skudnik, M. 12
- Špirić, Z. 20
- Stafilov, T. 21
- Steinnes, E. 19
- Stihi, C. 27
- Thöni, Lotti. 4
- Uggerud, H.T. 18
- Zechmeister, H.G. 26
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- 1 Air Pollution & Abatement Strategies, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2 Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
- 3 Environmental Agency of Bolzano, Laives, Italy
- 4 FUB—Research Group for Environmental Monitoring, Rapperswil, Switzerland
- 5 Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Garðabær, Iceland
- 6 ICP Vegetation Programme Coordination Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom
- 7 Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 8 Institute of physics, Faculty of Natural sciences and mathematics, University of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
- 9 Institute of Statistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- 10 International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk, Belarus
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Universidad de Navarra
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- 12 Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 13 Moss Survey Coordination Centre, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation
- 14 National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
- 15 Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
- 16 Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
- 17 Natural Resources Institute Finland|, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- 18 Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
- 19 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- 20 OIKON Ltd.—Institute for Applied Ecology, Zagrebs, Croatia
- 21 Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia
- 22 Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn, Estonia
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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- 25 University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
- 26 University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
- 27 University of Vlora, Vlorë, Albania
- 28 Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania
- 29 Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre CODA-CERVA, Tervuren, Belgium
- 30 Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
ISSN: 0944-1344
Ano de publicación: 2016
Volume: 23
Número: 11
Páxinas: 10457-10476
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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For analysing element input into ecosystems and associated risks due to atmospheric deposition, element concentrations in moss provide complementary and time-integrated data at high spatial resolution every 5 years since 1990. The paper reviews (1) minimum sample sizes needed for reliable, statistical estimation of mean values at four different spatial scales (European and national level as well as landscape-specific level covering Europe and single countries); (2) trends of heavy metal (HM) and nitrogen (N) concentrations in moss in Europe (1990–2010); (3) correlations between concentrations of HM in moss and soil specimens collected across Norway (1990–2010); and (4) canopy drip-induced site-specific variation of N concentration in moss sampled in seven European countries (1990–2013). While the minimum sample sizes on the European and national level were achieved without exception, for some ecological land classes and elements, the coverage with sampling sites should be improved. The decline in emission and subsequent atmospheric deposition of HM across Europe has resulted in decreasing HM concentrations in moss between 1990 and 2010. In contrast, hardly any changes were observed for N in moss between 2005, when N was included into the survey for the first time, and 2010. In Norway, both, the moss and the soil survey data sets, were correlated, indicating a decrease of HM concentrations in moss and soil. At the site level, the average N deposition inside of forests was almost three times higher than the average N deposition outside of forests. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.