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Monitoring Atmospheric Metal Pollution: A Review of the Use of Mosses as Indicators

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This article reviews the literatureon the use of mosses for monitoring atmospheric metalpollution. It discusses the nature of mosses, themechanisms for moss uptake of metals from the air andwet precipitation, the various forms in which mossesare used for this purpose, and cases in which mosseshave been used for monitoring local hot spots ofpollution, and regional patterns of metal pollution.Also highlighted are the questions of uptake of metalsfrom the substrates, interspecies differences, and acomparison of the effectiveness of mosses with otherindicator materials, among other issues.

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Onianwa, P.C. Monitoring Atmospheric Metal Pollution: A Review of the Use of Mosses as Indicators. Environ Monit Assess 71, 13–50 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011660727479

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