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Table 2 Ratios of element accumulations between Ps, Sp and Hc

From: Moss species-specific accumulation of atmospheric deposition?

 

MMD 1990

MMD 1995

MMD 2000

Averages

Ps/Sp

Ps/Hc

Sp/Hc

Ps/Sp

Ps/Hc

Sp/Hc

Ps/Sp

Ps/Hc

Sp/Hc

Ps/Sp

Ps/Hc

Sp/Hc

Standard elements

 

 As

0.89

0.76

0.85

0.87

0.65

0.74

1.07

0.65

0.61

0.94

0.69

0.73

 Cd

0.81

0.70

0.86

0.88

0.81

0.93

0.86

0.75

0.86

0.85

0.75

0.88

 Cr

0.98

1.14

1.17

0.95

0.75

0.79

1.01

0.79

0.78

0.98

0.90

0.91

 Cu

1.03

0.93

0.90

0.84

1.05

1.25

0.90

0.91

1.01

0.92

0.96

1.05

 Fe

0.75

1.07

1.43

0.87

0.71

0.82

0.96

0.68

0.71

0.86

0.82

0.98

 Ni

0.91

0.75

0.82

1.01

0.61

0.60

1.02

0.55

0.54

0.98

0.63

0.65

 Pb

1.15

0.89

0.78

1.19

0.68

0.57

1.21

0.65

0.53

1.19

0.74

0.63

 Ti

1.00

1.33

1.33

0.86

0.72

0.84

1.05

0.65

0.62

0.97

0.90

0.93

 V

1.04

1.04

1.00

1.11

0.74

0.67

1.12

0.69

0.62

1.09

0.82

0.76

 Zn

0.80

0.97

1.22

0.75

1.10

1.47

0.77

0.98

1.28

0.77

1.02

1.32

 Hg

   

0.89

0.80

0.90

0.95

0.67

0.70

0.92

0.73

0.80

 Sb

   

1.30

0.99

0.76

1.55

1.00

0.65

1.42

0.99

0.70

Additional elements

 

 Al

   

0.89

0.65

0.72

1.06

0.65

0.61

0.98

0.65

0.67

 Ba

   

0.85

0.52

0.61

0.75

0.42

0.56

0.80

0.47

0.58

 Ca

   

0.77

0.66

0.85

0.79

0.62

0.78

0.78

0.64

0.82

 K

   

0.71

1.37

1.92

0.72

1.16

1.61

0.71

1.26

1.77

 Mg

   

0.75

0.96

1.28

0.76

0.82

1.08

0.75

0.89

1.18

 Mn

   

0.98

1.27

1.30

1.06

1.21

1.14

1.02

1.24

1.22

 Well

   

0.56

1.58

2.81

0.47

1.29

2.73

0.52

1.43

2.77

 Sr

   

0.72

0.63

0.88

0.76

0.61

0.80

0.74

0.62

0.84

  1. This table shows the ratios of the nationwide medians of Ps, Sp and Hc from all three monitoring campaigns. The quotients marked in red are not based on any significant differences between the moss species at the 5 % level. The Mann–Whitney U-test was used for significance testing