Are cadmium, lead and mercury concentrations in mosses across Europe primarily determined by atmospheric deposition of these metals?

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dc.authoridSantamaria, Jesus Miguel/0000-0002-3045-6653
dc.authoridAleksiayenak, Yulia/0000-0002-9212-5569
dc.authoridFrontasyeva, Marina/0000-0003-2366-4873
dc.authoridspiric, zdravko/0000-0002-5483-8955
dc.authoridHarmens, Harry/0000-0001-8792-0181
dc.authoridLeblond, Sebastien/0000-0003-4427-4225
dc.authoridZechmeister, Harald/0000-0001-6578-7244
dc.contributor.authorSchroeder, Winfried
dc.contributor.authorHoly, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorPesch, Roland
dc.contributor.authorHarmens, Harry
dc.contributor.authorIlyin, Ilia
dc.contributor.authorSteinnes, Eiliv
dc.contributor.authorAlber, Renate
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:11:45Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:11:45Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed at investigating correlations between heavy metal concentrations in mosses and modelled deposition values as well as other site-specific and regional characteristics to determine which factors primarily affect cadmium, lead and mercury concentrations in mosses. The resulting relationships could potentially be used to enhance the spatial resolution of heavy metal deposition maps across Europe. Modelled heavy metal deposition data and data on the concentration of heavy metals in naturally growing mosses were integrated into a geographic information system and analysed by means of bivariate rank correlation analysis and multivariate decision trees. Modelled deposition data were validated annually with deposition measurements at up to 63 EMEP measurement stations within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP), and mosses were collected at up to 7,000 sites at 5-year intervals between 1990 and 2005. Moderate to high correlations were found between cadmium and lead concentrations in mosses and modelled atmospheric deposition of these metals: Spearman rank correlation coefficients were between 0.62 and 0.67, and 0.67 and 0.73 for cadmium and lead, respectively (p < 0.001). Multivariate decision tree analyses showed that cadmium and lead concentrations in mosses were primarily determined by the atmospheric deposition of these metals, followed by emissions of the metals. Low to very low correlations were observed between mercury concentrations in mosses and modelled atmospheric deposition of mercury. According to the multivariate analyses, spatial variations of the mercury concentration in mosses was primarily associated with the sampled moss species and not with the modelled deposition, but regional differences in the atmospheric chemistry of mercury and corresponding interactions with the moss may also be involved. At least for cadmium and lead, concentrations in mosses are a valuable tool in determining and mapping the spatial variation in atmospheric deposition across Europe at a high spatial resolution. For mercury, more studies are needed to elucidate interactions of different chemical species with the moss.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11368-010-0254-y
dc.identifier.endpage1584
dc.identifier.issn1439-0108
dc.identifier.issn1614-7480
dc.identifier.issue8
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77958177783
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage1572
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-010-0254-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/20704
dc.identifier.volume10
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000284428600015
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Soils and Sediments
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectBiomonitoring
dc.subjectCadmium
dc.subjectCorrelation analysis
dc.subjectDeposition
dc.subjectLead
dc.subjectMercury
dc.subjectMoss
dc.titleAre cadmium, lead and mercury concentrations in mosses across Europe primarily determined by atmospheric deposition of these metals?
dc.typeArticle

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