Mountain ombrotrophic peatlands in Central Europe are an important stock of transboundary
contamination both of natural and anthropogenic origin. The Śnieżka Mountain (West …

The role of plant-matrix certified reference materials as instruments ensuring the uniformity
of measurements and the reliability of the results in performing ecological research and the …

This study presents the spatial distribution of 37 elements in 48 moss samples collected over
the whole territory of Albania and provides information on sources and factors controlling the …

Fourteen rare earth elements were determined in mosses (Pleurozium schreberi) and soils
(subhorizon-Ofh and-Ol, mixed horizon-AE and AEB) from south-central Poland. The results …

Samples of lichens, snow and particulate matter (PM 10, 24 h) are used for the source
identification of air pollution in the heavily industrialized region of Ostrava, Upper Silesia …

The concentrations of major and trace elements in the organic layer of peat soils across a
1800-km latitude profile of western Siberia were measured within various dominating …

Rare earth elements (REE) are known to be powerful environmental tracers in natural
biogeochemical compartments. In this study, the atmospheric deposition of REE was …

The limited availability of long‐term historical dust records has impeded comprehension of
the mid‐latitude atmospheric circulation and underlying mechanisms of dust activities in arid …

Lichens have long been known to be good indicators of air quality and atmospheric
deposition. Xanthoria parietina was selected to investigate past (sourced from a herbarium) …

The air quality of Albania is evaluated by trace metals atmospheric deposition using moss
biomonitoring method. Bryophyte moss (Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw.) samples were …