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Table 4 Element-specific minimum sample numbers (MSN) and actual sample sizes (n) for ecoregions of the Ecological Land Classification (ELCE40) [10] using Moss Survey 2015 data

From: Development of the software tool Sample Size for Arbitrary Distributions and exemplarily applying it for calculating minimum numbers of moss samples used as accumulation indicators for atmospheric deposition

ELCE 40

As

Cd

Cr

Cu

Fe

Hg

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

B_1

B_2

C_0

D_13

23

6

B

8

6

A

18

6

B

13

6

A

8

6

A

12

6

A

D_14

1

1

1

1

1

1

F1_1

F1_2

120

38

C

33

38

C

88

38

C

50

37

C

10

38

C

28

38

C

F2_6

181

39

C

152

39

C

36

38

C

123

39

C

16

39

C

153

39

C

F3_1

81

76

C

90

76

C

133

76

C

29

76

C

15

76

C

42

76

C

F3_2

75

98

C

201

97

C

37

98

C

37

98

C

17

98

C

31

98

C

F4_1

39

18

A

20

18

A

12

18

B

38

18

A

18

18

A

27

18

B

F4_2

102

79

C

78

78

C

42

78

C

55

79

C

25

79

C

88

79

C

G1_0

S_0

31

4

A

78

4

B

21

4

A

16

4

A

7

4

A

49

4

A

U_1

25

28

C

27

28

C

33

28

C

36

28

C

18

28

C

34

28

C

U_2

1

1

1

1

1

1

Other

24

12

A

23

12

A

32

12

A

14

12

A

12

12

A

13

12

A

Sum

701

400

 

710

398

 

452

398

 

411

399

 

146

400

 

477

400

 

Count

 

2

  

3

  

4

  

3

  

7

  

3

 

%

 

12

  

18

  

24

  

18

  

41

  

18

 

ELCE 40

N

Ni

Pb

Sb

V

Zn

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

v

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

MSN

n

M

B_1

B_2

C_0

D_13

21

6

A

4

6

A

8

6

A

14

6

A

66

6

B

18

6

B

D_14

1

1

1

1

1

1

F1_1

F1_2

21

38

C

10

38

C

183

38

C

33

38

C

41

38

C

29

38

C

F2_6

33

38

C

10

39

C

65

39

C

55

39

C

46

39

C

138

39

C

F3_1

23

76

C

10

76

C

34

76

C

76

76

C

33

75

C

38

76

C

F3_2

19

97

C

10

98

C

43

98

C

95

98

C

32

97

C

42

98

C

F4_1

21

18

B

10

18

A

42

18

B

68

18

B

81

18

B

36

18

A

F4_2

21

78

C

11

79

C

75

79

C

72

79

C

28

78

C

55

79

C

G1_0

S_0

64

4

A

3

4

A

12

4

A

44

4

A

7

4

A

45

4

A

U_1

62

28

C

12

28

C

40

28

C

18

28

C

19

28

C

22

28

C

U_2

1

1

1

1

1

1

Other

67

12

B

8

12

A

16

12

A

125

12

B

25

12

A

20

12

A

Sum

352

397

 

88

400

 

518

400

 

600

400

 

378

397

 

443

400

 

Count

 

5

  

9

  

3

  

3

  

3

  

5

 

%

 

29

  

53

  

18

  

18

  

18

  

29

 
  1. Italic numbers = MSN met or exceeded; Count = number of ELCE40 classes where MSN met or exceeded; % = percentage of ELCE40 classes where MSN met or exceeded; M = method; A = method A according to ICP Vegetation [1]; B = method B according to Wosniok ([11], cited in [8]); C = method C = SSAD method (Sample Size for Arbitrary Distributions)