Heavy metal and nitrogen concentrations in mosses are declining across Europe whilst some "hotspots" remain in 2010
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027073%3A_____%2F15%3A%230001715" target="_blank" >RIV/00027073:_____/15:#0001715 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.036" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.036</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.036" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envpol.2015.01.036</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Heavy metal and nitrogen concentrations in mosses are declining across Europe whilst some "hotspots" remain in 2010
Original language description
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.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DI - Pollution and air control
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Pollution
ISSN
0269-7491
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
200
Issue of the periodical within the volume
May 2015
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
93-104
UT code for WoS article
000353097300011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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