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

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 4 Correlations between heavy metal concentrations in moss and atmospheric deposition specified for ELCE categories and sampling site categories

Row ID	ELCE category	Site category	EMEP			LOTOS-EUROS
Row ID	ELCE category	Site category	Cd	Hg	Pb	As	Cd	Cr	Cu	Ni	Pb	V	Zn
1	All	All	0.65**	0.14**	0.70**	0.30**	0.65**	0.03*	0.50**	0.09**	0.64**	0.19**	0.17**
2	All	A	0.66**	0.24**	0.70**	0.42**	0.62**	0.44**	0.62**	0.15**	0.67**	0.28**	0.17**
3	All	B	0.41**	− 0.05**	0.46**	0.09**	0.60**	− 0.29**	0.40**	− 0.20**	0.44**	0.01	− 0.02
4	A	All	0.75**	0.22**	0.72**	0.45**	0.72**	0.22**	0.50**	0.16**	0.67**	0.21**	0.22**
5	A	A	0.77**	0.22**	0.74**	0.44**	0.72**	0.49**	0.52**	0.19**	0.66**	0.21**	0.22**
6	A	B	0.26**	0.17	0.28	0.35**	0.45**	− 0.15**	0.51**	− 0.08**	0.60**	0.14**	0.06
7	B	All	0.50*	0.06	0.67**	0.07**	0.58**	− 0.26**	0.45**	− 0.04**	0.44**	0.13**	0.10**
8	B	A	0.47**	0.27**	0.62**	0.32**	0.48**	0.15**	0.65**	0.09**	0.54**	0.33**	0.10**
9	B	B	0.54**	− 0.18**	0.55**	− 0.10**	0.67**	− 0.36**	0.27**	− 0.34**	0.27**	− 0.02	− 0.11

ELCE category: All = ELCE regions as a whole; A = ELCE regions showing correlations above the element-specific class boundary between high and low correlation levels given in Table 2; B = ELCE regions showing correlations below the element-specific class boundary between high and low correlation levels given in Table 2; site category: All = Moss sampling sites as a whole; A = moss sampling sites classified by LDA model as A; B = moss sampling sites classified by LDA model as B; correlation coefficients according to Spearman; significant correlations are in italic print (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01); atmospheric deposition was modelled by LE (2009–2011) or EMEP (2008–2010)