Heavy metal and nitrogen concentrations in mosses are declining across Europe whilst some "hotspots" remain in 2010

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 200, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-104

  Harmens, H ^a   Norris, D A ^a   Sharps, K ^a   Mills, G ^a   Alber, R ^b   Aleksiayenak, Y ^c   Blum, O ^d   Cucu Man, S M ^e   Dam, M ^f   De Temmerman, L ^g   Ene, A ^h   Fernandez J A ⁱ   Martinez Abaigar, J ^j   Frontasyeva, M ^k   Godzik, B ^l   Jeran, Z ^m   Lazo, P ⁿ   Leblond, S ^o   Liiv, S ^p   Magnusson S H ^q   Mankovska B ^r   Karlsson, G Pihl ^s   Piispanen, J ^t   Poikolainen, J ^t   Santamaria, J M ^u   Skudnik, M ^v   Spiric, Z ^w   Stafilov, T ^x   Steinnes, E ^y   Stihi, C ^z   Suchara, I ^aa   Thoni L ^ab   Todoran, R ^ac   Yurukova, L ^ad   Zechmeister, H G ^ae   more..

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Agency of Bolzano   (Italy)

^c International Sakharov Environmental University   (Belarus)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^f ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Faroe Islands)

^g VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^h DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^k JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^l W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

^m JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^o MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^p Tallinn Botanic Garden   (Estonia)

^q ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^r INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^s IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^t FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^v SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^w Department of Natural Resources Management   (Croatia)

^x SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^y NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^z VALAHIA UNIVERSITY OF TARGOVISTE   (Romania)

^aa SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^ab FUB Research Group for Environmental Monitoring   (Switzerland)

^ac TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^ad INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Biomonitoring; EMEP maps; Heavy metals; Moss survey; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METALS; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SURVEYS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORS; EASTERN EUROPE; HOTSPOTS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS;

NITROGEN;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; NITROGEN; VANADIUM; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; METAL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MOSS; NITROGEN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAROE ISLANDS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; KOSOVO; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MOSS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; UKRAINE; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; IRON; MERCURY; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; NITROGEN;

EID: 84923228234     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.036     Document Type: Article

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