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Table 2 Correlations between element concentrations in moss and modelled atmospheric deposition specified for ecological land classes of Europe

From: Modelling spatial patterns of correlations between concentrations of heavy metals in mosses and atmospheric deposition in 2010 across Europe

ELCE40

EMEP

LOTOS-EUROS

Cd

Hg

Pb

As

Cd

Cr

Cu

Ni

Pb

V

Zn

All

0.65** (3777)

0.14** (3313)

0.70** (3604)

0.30** (3274)

0.65** (3633)

0.03** (3820)

0.50** (3465)

0.09** (3772)

0.64** (3490)

0.19** (3832)

0.17** (3965)

B_1

0.39** (73)

0.48** (67)

0.54** (73)

0.23 (67)

0.45** (73)

− 0.13 (73)

0.22 (73)

− 0.24 (73)

0.67** (73)

− 0.09 (73)

0.29* (73)

B_2

0.51** (110)

− 0.18 (110)

0.63** (110)

− 0.11 (111)

0.17 (110)

− 0.52** (111)

− 0.20 (110)

− 0.67** (110)

0.27 (110)

0.13 (34)

0.09 (111)

C_0

0.52** (253)

0.19** (239)

0.62** (252)

0.45** (246)

0.52** (253)

0.16* (258)

0.51** (252)

− 0.04 (258)

0.65** (252)

0.27** (227)

0.11 (259)

D_7

0.13 (186)

0.29** (135)

− 0.01 (186)

− 0.14 (134)

0.19* (186)

0.22** (186)

0.05 (186)

− 0.23** (186)

0.25** (186)

− 0.54** (186)

− 0.04 (186)

D_8

0.37* (42)

− 0.10 (34)

0.49** (42)

0.10 (34)

0.31* (42)

− 0.10 (42)

0.52** (42)

− 0.20 (42)

0.44** (42)

0.07 (42)

− 0.03 (42)

D_10

− 0.08 (11)

0.20 (11)

0.22 (11)

0.05 (11)

− 0.23 (11)

− 0.11 (11)

0.08 (11)

− 0.25 (11)

0.12 (11)

− 0.27 (11)

0.09 (11)

D_13

0.72** (99)

0.18 (76)

0.61** (99)

− 0.26** (114)

0.74** (99)

− 0.48** (139)

0.40** (99)

− 0.21* (121)

0.44** (255)

− 0.20* (156)

0.10 (139)

D_14

0.39** (82)

0.43** (77)

0.46** (78)

0.15 (83)

0.57** (82)

− 0.2* (119)

0.36** (94)

− 0.04 (119)

0.55** (78)

− 0.21* (136)

0.33** (137)

D_17

− 0.03 (115)

0.12** (71)

0.36** (89)

0.46** (127)

0.29** (115)

0.69** (147)

0.46** (93)

0.33** (148)

0.40** (89)

0.19* (153)

0.17 (154)

D_18

0.22** (255)

0.14* (248)

0.29** (255)

0.47** (201)

0.33** (255)

0.08 (255)

0.37** (255)

0.43** (255)

0.44** (255)

0.22** (253)

0.21** (255)

D_19

0.47** (258)

0.18* (165)

0.54** (258)

0.24** (165)

0.47** (258)

0.06 (258)

0.39** (258)

0.03 (258)

0.53** (258)

0.27** (258)

0.19** (258)

D_22

0.21** (168)

0.09 (166)

0.36** (168)

0.06 (167)

0.29** (168)

0.43** (171)

0.29** (168)

0.04 (171)

0.42** (168)

0.28** (171)

0.05 (171)

F1_1

0.72** (87)

0.37** (87)

0.62** (87)

0.57** (42)

0.76** (87)

0.06 (95)

0.48** (87)

− 0.01 (94)

0.65** (87)

− 0.14 (91)

0.39** (95)

F1_2

0.17** (308)

− 0.15** (308)

0.38** (192)

− 0.19** (289)

0.20** (308)

− 0.11 (191)

0.31** (191)

− 0.07 (192)

0.43** (192)

0.14 (191)

0.17 (154)

F2_5

0.53** (66)

0.19 (65)

0.33** (66)

− 0.51 (12)

0.72** (66)

− 0.12 (77)

0.27* (66)

− 0.11 (71)

0.40** (66)

0.01 (37)

0.38** (77)

F2_6

0.41** (264)

0.01 (238)

0.48** (264)

− 0.18** (250)

0.46** (264)

− 0.39** (301)

0.31** (264)

− 0.49** (291)

0.28** (264)

− 0.14* (307)

0.18** (301)

F3_1

0.26** (201)

0.20** (189)

0.35** (201)

0.24** (173)

0.43** (201)

− 0.09 (204)

0.13 (201)

− 0.09 (203)

0.30** (201)

− 0.05 (201)

0.20** (204)

F3_2

0.53** (115)

− 0.21* (113)

0.45** (115)

0.17 (115)

0.53** (115)

0.13 (114)

0.13 (114)

0.17 (115)

0.47** 5 (115)

0.08 (114)

0.17 (114)

F4_1

0.28 (17)

0.57* (17)

0.51* (17)

− 0.41 (11)

0.09 (17)

0.30 (17)

− 0.12 (17)

− 0.27 (17)

0.02 (17)

0.36 (17)

0.03 (17)

F4_2

0.53** (468)

− 0.06 (394)

0.56** (468)

− 0.09* (491)

0.46** (468)

− 0.45** (540)

0.00 (467)

− 0.14** (510)

0.01 (468)

− 0.01 (571)

− 0.08 (541)

G1_0

0.20* (126)

0.03 (63)

0.13 (126)

0.02 (137)

0.14 (126)

− 0.04 (189)

0.01 (126)

− 0.12 (189)

0.10 (126)

− 0.17* (177)

0.29** (189)

G2_0

0.08 (186)

0.21** (174)

0.26** (162)

− 0.12 (174)

0.32** (186)

− 0.49** (152)

0.36** (151)

0.41** (162)

0.40** (162)

0.03 (152)

− 0.14 (176)

J_2

0.43** (60)

0.50** (60)

0.51** (59)

0.02 (60)

0.54** (60)

0.25 (10)

0.49** (49)

0.60** (59)

0.55** (59)

0.21 (49)

− 0.16 (50)

S_0

0.69** (54)

− 0.04 (44)

0.58** (54)

0.13 (41)

0.64** (54)

0.18 (61)

0.37* (55)

− 0.23 (61)

0.62** (54)

− 0.15 (55)

0.42** (62)

U_1

0.47** (47)

0.05 (47)

0.51** (47)

0.72** (24)

0.57** (47)

0.23 (49)

0.49** (47)

− 0.09 (49)

0.48** (47)

0.31* (49)

0.35* (49)

U_2

− 0.01 (81)

− 0.06 (73)

0.13** (80)

− 0.24* (98)

0.16 (81)

− 0.45** (102)

0.32** (79)

− 0.01 (98)

0.18 (80)

− 0.24* (102)

0.02 (103)

Others

0.78** (45)

0.09 (42)

0.74** (45)

0.37* (40)

0.79** (45)

− 0.01 (53)

0.17 (45)

− 0.35* (53)

0.68** (45)

0.10 (50)

0.39** (53)

Class boundary

0.35

0.10

0.43

0.00

0.44

0.05

0.32

0.00

0.40

0.10

0.15

  1. EMEP/LOTOS-EUROS = chemical transport models used for calculating atmospheric deposition; ELCE40 = ecological land classes of Europe [15] and other ELCE which were summarized to one class (“others”); correlation coefficients according to Spearman (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01); (n) in brackets = sample size; ELCE-specific correlations above the element-specific class boundary between low and high correlation levels (= category A) are in italic print