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Klos, A./ M. Rajfur/ I. Šrámek/ M. Waclawek 2012: Mercury concentration in lichen, moss and soil samples collected from the forest areas of Praded and Glacensis Euroregions (Poland and Czech Republic). - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 184(11): 6765-6774. [RLL List # 231 / Rec.# 34609]
Keywords: Anthroposphere/ Biomonitoring/ Comparison factor/ Environmental pollution/ Mercury/ Analytes/ Anthroposphere/ Arithmetic mean/ Biomonitoring/ Comparison factor/ Czech Republic/ Environmental pollutions/ Forest area/ Hypogymnia physodes/ Mean concentrations/ Mercury concentrations/ Moss samples/ Sampling site/ Soil humus/ Soil sample/ Fungi/ Mercury (metal)/ Soils/ Soil pollution/ mercury/ bioaccumulation/ biomonitoring/ concentration (composition)/ forest soil/ humus/ lichen/ mercury (element)/ moss/ soil pollution/ air pollution/ article/ atmospheric deposition/ bioaccumulation/ biological monitoring/ concentration (parameters)/ Czech Republic/ forest soil/ humus/ Hypogymnia physodes/ lichen (organism)/ moss/ Pleurozium schreberi/ Poland/ pollution transport/ soil pollutant/ Bryophyta/ Bryopsida/ Czech Republic/ Ecosystem/ Environmental Monitoring/ Environmental Pollutants/ Environmental Pollution/ Lichens/ Mercury/ Poland/ Soil/ Trees/ Czech Republic/ Poland/ Bryophyta/ Hypogymnia physodes/ Pleurozium schreberi
Abstract: The concentration of mercury was determined in samples of the lichen Hypogymnia physodes, the moss Pleurozium schreberi, and the soil humus collected in Polish and Czech Euroregions Praded and Glacensis. The sampling sites were located in Bory Stobrawskie, Bory Niemodli?skie and Kotlina K?odzka in Poland, and in Jeseniki and Gory Orlickie in the Czech Republic. The mean concentrations of mercury accumulated in the lichen (0.129 mg g-1), in the moss (0.094 mg g-1) and in soil (0.286 mg g-1) were fairly close to the corresponding concentrations in other low-industrialized regions. The highest concentrations of mercury were observed in the lichen and the moss samples from Kotlina K?odzka. The primary deposition of mercury was evaluated using the comparison factor, defined as the ratio of a difference between the concentrations of a bioavailable analyte in lichens and in mosses, to the arithmetic mean of these concentrations. © 2011 The Author(s).
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-011-2456-1
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