First Europe-wide correlation analysis identifying factors best explaining the total nitrogen concentration in mosses

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dc.authoridSantamaria, Jesus Miguel/0000-0002-3045-6653
dc.authoridLeblond, Sebastien/0000-0003-4427-4225
dc.authoridZechmeister, Harald/0000-0001-6578-7244
dc.authoridHarmens, Harry/0000-0001-8792-0181
dc.contributor.authorSchroeder, Winfried
dc.contributor.authorHoly, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorPesch, Roland
dc.contributor.authorHarmens, Harry
dc.contributor.authorFagerli, Hilde
dc.contributor.authorAlber, Renate
dc.contributor.authorCoskun, Mahmut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:58:02Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:58:02Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the indicative value of mosses as biomonitors of atmospheric nitrogen (N) depositions and air concentrations on the one hand and site-specific and regional factors which explain best the total N concentration in mosses on the other hand were investigated for the first time at a European scale using correlation analyses. The analyses included data from mosses collected from 2781 sites across Europe within the framework of the European moss survey 2005/6, which was coordinated by the International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP Vegetation). Modelled atmospheric N deposition and air concentration data were calculated using the Unified EMEP Model of the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The modelled deposition and concentration data encompass various N compounds. In order to assess the correlations between moss tissue total N concentrations and the chosen predictors. Spearman rank correlation analysis and Classification and Regression Trees (CART) were applied. The Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that the total N concentration in mosses and modelled N depositions and air concentrations are significantly correlated (0.53 <= r(s) <= 0.68, p < 0.001). Correlations with other predictors were lower than 0.55. The CART analysis indicated that the variation in the total N concentration in mosses was best explained by the variation in NH4+ concentrations in air, followed by NO2 concentrations in air, sampled moss species and total dry N deposition. The total N concentrations in mosses mirror land use-related atmospheric concentrations and depositions of N across Europe. In addition to already proven associations to measured N deposition on a local scale the study at hand gives a scientific prove on the association of N concentration in mosses and modelled deposition at the European scale. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) [EPG 1/3/205, AQ0810]; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
dc.description.sponsorshipWe are grateful to all institutes and authorities that have funded the national moss surveys. We furthermore thank the United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra; contract EPG 1/3/205 and AQ0810), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE; Trust Fund) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for funding the ICP Vegetation Programme Coordination Centre at CEH Bangor, UK.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.06.024
dc.identifier.endpage3491
dc.identifier.issn1352-2310
dc.identifier.issn1873-2844
dc.identifier.issue29
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77955277461
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage3485
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.06.024
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/26591
dc.identifier.volume44
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000281292700003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofAtmospheric Environment
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectBiomonitoring
dc.subjectCorrelation
dc.subjectDeposition
dc.subjectMoss
dc.subjectNitrogen
dc.titleFirst Europe-wide correlation analysis identifying factors best explaining the total nitrogen concentration in mosses
dc.typeArticle

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