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  • Title: Use of Polytrichum formosum (moss) as a passive biomonitor for heavy metal pollution (cadmium, copper, lead and zinc).
    Author: Markert B, Weckert V.
    Journal: Sci Total Environ; 1989 Oct 15; 86(3):289-94. PubMed ID: 2595357.
    Abstract:
    After sampling over regular intervals from 1985 to 1987 the heavy metals Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn were quantitatively determined by atomic emission spectrometry/inductively coupled plasma in above-ground parts of the moss Polytrichum formosum (Hedw.). All metals present a typical summer-winter oscillation (seasonal variation), which is much greater than the "inter-stand" variation of Polytrichum formosum within the forest ecosystem under investigation. To obtain comparable results on a regional or global scale it is suggested to collect all samples of Polytrichum formosum for biomonitoring purposes in the last week of September.
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