Estimating atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in Germany using LOTOS-EUROS model calculations and data from biomonitoring programmes

Nickel, Stefan; Schröder, Winfried; Schaap, Martijn

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“…This difference of land uses should evidently induce a discrepancy between the modeled deposition in the meshes and what is measured in the cemeteries. In Germany, Nickel et al [37] also demonstrated the importance of the deposition model taken into consideration in the correlations and showed a better correlation between modeled atmospheric deposition and Cd concentrations in mosses with deposit data modeled by LOTOS-EUROS which considers the land use, unlike deposits modeled by EMEP.…”

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Are Grimmia Mosses Good Biomonitors for Urban Atmospheric Metallic Pollution? Preliminary Evidence from a French Case Study on Cadmium

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Assessment of human exposure to atmospheric metals is a challenge, and mosses seem to be good biomonitors to help this purpose. Lacking roots, they are easy to collect and analyze. However, to our knowledge, no formal comparison was made between cadmium (Cd) measurements in Grimmia mosses and alternative forecasts of atmospheric Cd pollution as those produced by the CHIMERE chemistry transport model. This work aims at studying this link to improve further biomonitoring. We compare 128 Cd measurements in the cemetery mosses of Paris and Lyon metropolitan areas (France) to CHIMERE Cd atmospheric forecasts. The area to consider around the cemetery for the CHIMERE forecasts has been defined by Kendall rank correlations between both information sources—Cd in mosses and CHIMERE Cd forecasts—from different area sizes. Then, we fit linear models to those two data sets including step-by-step different sources of uncertainty. Finally, we calculate moss predictions to compare predictions and measurements in the two cities. The results show an apparent link between the Cd concentrations in mosses and CHIMERE Cd forecasts including in addition the same unique covariate, the moss support (grave or wall), in the two cities. However, this model cannot be directly transposed from region to region because the strength of the link appears to be regional.

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Are Grimmia Mosses Good Biomonitors for Urban Atmospheric Metallic Pollution? Preliminary Evidence from a French Case Study on Cadmium

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Spatially valid data of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and nitrogen derived by moss surveys for pollution risk assessments of ecosystems

Schröder

Nickel

Schönrock

et al. 2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The NERC and CEH trademarks and logos ('the Trademarks') are registered trademarks of NERC in the UK and other countries, and may not be used without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 For analysing element input into ecosystems and associated risks due to atmospheric deposition, element concentrations in 51 moss provide complementary and time-integrated data at high spatial resolution every five years since 1990. The paper 52 reviews (1) minimum sample sizes needed for reliable, statistical estimation of mean values at four different spatial scales 53(European and national level as well as landscape-specific level covering Europe and single countries); (2) trends of heavy 54 metal (HM) and nitrogen (N) concentrations in moss in Europe (1990Europe ( -2010; (3) correlations between concentrations of HM in 55 moss and soil specimens collected across Norway (1990Norway ( -2010; and (4) canopy drip-induced site-specific variation of N 56 concentration in moss sampled in seven European countries . While the minimum sample sizes on the European 57 and national level were achieved without exception, for some ecological land classes and elements the coverage with 58 sampling sites should be improved. The decline in emission and subsequent atmospheric deposition of HM across Europe 59 has resulted in decreasing HM concentrations in moss between 1990 and 2010. In contrast, hardly any changes were 60 observed for N in moss between 2005, when N was included into the survey for the first time, and 2010. In Norway, both, the 61 moss and the soil survey data sets were correlated, indicating a decrease of HM concentrations in moss and soil. At the site 62 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 71other manufacturing industries and construction (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Ni, Pb), electricity and heat production (e.g. Hg, Ni), road 72 transportation (Cu and Sb from brake wear, Pb from petrol, Zn from tires), petroleum refining (Ni, V), and phosphate 73 fertilisers in agricultural areas (Cd) (Harmens et al. 2011 a). N emissions and relateted deposition are due to technical 74 processes and agriculture. Pollutants which were emitted into and transported through the atmosphere finally come down at 75Earth´s surface as wet (rain, snow), occult (fog, mist, rime) or dry (gases, particles) deposition where they accumulate in 76 biota and sediments of terrestrial and subsequently of aquatic ecosystems. 78In Germany, less than 10 % of the HM load of aquatic environments is emitted from industries. More than 80 % of policyclic (Harmens et al. 2015). In contrast to measurements with tec...

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Predictive modeling of plant uptake of Pb and Cd: Implications of aerial deposition and the origin of parameterisation data

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Troldborg

Stubberfield

et al. 2023

Environmental Challenges

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Estimating atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in Germany using LOTOS-EUROS model calculations and data from biomonitoring programmes

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Are Grimmia Mosses Good Biomonitors for Urban Atmospheric Metallic Pollution? Preliminary Evidence from a French Case Study on Cadmium

Are Grimmia Mosses Good Biomonitors for Urban Atmospheric Metallic Pollution? Preliminary Evidence from a French Case Study on Cadmium

Spatially valid data of atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and nitrogen derived by moss surveys for pollution risk assessments of ecosystems

Predictive modeling of plant uptake of Pb and Cd: Implications of aerial deposition and the origin of parameterisation data

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