Spatially valid data of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and nitrogen derived by moss surveys for pollution risk assessments of ecosystems

  1. Schröder, W. 2
  2. Nickel, S. 2
  3. Schönrock, Simon. 2
  4. Meyer, M. 2
  5. Wosniok, W. 9
  6. Harmens, H. 6
  7. Frontasyeva, M.V. 13
  8. Alber, R. 3
  9. Aleksiayenak, J. 10
  10. Barandovski, L. 8
  11. Carballeira, A. 24
  12. Danielsson, H. 1
  13. de Temmermann, L. 29
  14. Godzik, B. 30
  15. Jeran, Z. 12
  16. Karlsson, G.P. 1
  17. Lazo, P. 25
  18. Leblond, S. 14
  19. Lindroos, A.-J. 16
  20. Liiv, S. 22
  21. Magnússon, S.H. 5
  22. Mankovska, B. 7
  23. Martínez-Abaigar, J. 23
  24. Piispanen, J. 15
  25. Poikolainen, J. 17
  26. Popescu, I.V. 28
  27. Qarri, F. 27
  28. Santamaria, J.M. 11
  29. Skudnik, M. 12
  30. Špirić, Z. 20
  31. Stafilov, T. 21
  32. Steinnes, E. 19
  33. Stihi, C. 27
  34. Thöni, Lotti. 4
  35. Uggerud, H.T. 18
  36. Zechmeister, H.G. 26
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  1. 1 Air Pollution & Abatement Strategies, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  2. 2 Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta, Vechta, Germany
  3. 3 Environmental Agency of Bolzano, Laives, Italy
  4. 4 FUB—Research Group for Environmental Monitoring, Rapperswil, Switzerland
  5. 5 Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Garðabær, Iceland
  6. 6 ICP Vegetation Programme Coordination Centre, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Centre Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom
  7. 7 Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
  8. 8 Institute of physics, Faculty of Natural sciences and mathematics, University of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
  9. 9 Institute of Statistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
  10. 10 International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk, Belarus
  11. 11 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02rxc7m23

  12. 12 Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  13. 13 Moss Survey Coordination Centre, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation
  14. 14 National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
  15. 15 Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
  16. 16 Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland
  17. 17 Natural Resources Institute Finland|, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
  18. 18 Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
  19. 19 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  20. 20 OIKON Ltd.—Institute for Applied Ecology, Zagrebs, Croatia
  21. 21 Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia
  22. 22 Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn, Estonia
  23. 23 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  24. 24 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

  25. 25 University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
  26. 26 University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
  27. 27 University of Vlora, Vlorë, Albania
  28. 28 Valahia University of Targoviste, Targoviste, Romania
  29. 29 Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre CODA-CERVA, Tervuren, Belgium
  30. 30 Władysław Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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Journal:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research

ISSN: 0944-1344

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 23

Issue: 11

Pages: 10457-10476

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1007/S11356-016-6577-5 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84962870228 WoS: WOS:000377021500015 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

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.