Mediterranean Basin ecosystems, their unique biodiversity, and the key services they
provide are currently at risk due to air pollution and climate change, yet only a limited …

Bryophytes can play an important role in key ecosystem processes and represent potential
candidates as bioindicators for environmental monitoring programmes. Nitrate (NO 3−) …

Terrestrial mosses have been used for more than 50 years to monitor air pollution. We
argue, however, that their value as biomonitors is based on two widespread but partially …

Monitoring air quality by using living organisms as biomonitors has received increasing
attention in recent years. However, rather few studies were based on the concomitant use of …

In Poland, the first studies using mosses as indicators of the heavy metal air pollution level
were carried out in national parks already in the 1970s. They were continued later in 10-year …

The determination of background pollution levels is fundamental for the interpretation of the
results obtained from environmental biomonitoring. In this paper we propose a new …

Spatial interpolation methods have been applied in many environmental research studies.
However, it is still a controversial issue to select an appropriate interpolation method for the …

Reactive nitrogen (Nr) is an important driver of global change, causing alterations in
ecosystem biodiversity and functionality. Environmental assessments require monitoring the …

Nitrogen (N) deposition levels and the frequency of lead (Pb) contamination events are
increasing globally. In an effort to improve our understanding of plant responses to these …

Moss nitrogen (N) concentrations and natural 15 N abundance (δ 15 N values) have been
widely employed to evaluate annual levels and major sources of atmospheric N deposition …