Table 1 Data used for statistical analysis

Element concentration in moss

As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn conc. in moss from the European Moss Survey 2010/2011

μg/g

Atmospheric deposition

Modelled total deposition of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, V, Zn summed over 3 years (LOTOS-EUROS 2009–2011, [21])

µg/m²

Modelled total atmospheric deposition of Cd, Hg, Pb (EMEP MSC-East) summed over 3 years (EMEP 2008–2010)^a

µg/m²

ELCE₄₀

Ecological land classes of Europe [15]

40 land classes

Spatial density of land use around moss sampling sites

Areal percentage of urban, agricultural, and forestry land use, each within a 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 km radius around the moss sampling sites, derived from CORINE land cover 2006 [17] and global land cover 2000 [18] for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

%