title: Response of mosses to the heavy metal deposition in Poland--an overview.
abstract: Concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn) in Pleurozium schreberi (Brid.) Mitt., a common moss species, were used to indicate relative levels of atmospheric deposition in Poland in the years 1975-1998. Spatial and temporal differences in the heavy metal concentrations in mosses were found. The highest concentration of heavy metals was recorded in the moss samples from the southern, most industrialised part of the country, and the lowest from north-eastern Poland. A significant decrease of heavy metals over 20 years (1975-1998) was found.
authors.affiliation: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz Str 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland. grodzin@ib-pan.krakow.pl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grodzińska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szarek-Łukaszewska
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D019068:Bryopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005843:Geography; D007221:Industry; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D019216:Metals, Heavy