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M. Agneta S. Burton
Bio: M. Agneta S. Burton is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 54 citations.
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TL;DR: The approaches which have been used and results obtained from monitoring bryophytes in urban and industrial habitats are described, illustrating the increasing interest in low cost methods for monitoring contamination.
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TL;DR: A summary is given of recent laboratory work on the internal redistribution of elements in Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and of field experiments involving fertilizer addition to Pseudoscleropodium purum; their significance is assessed.
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TL;DR: Multiple regression analysis highlighted traffic density, distance from and elevation of the road as the most influencing factors for the deposition of the investigated elements.
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TL;DR: Elevated cell wall cation exchange capacities (CEC) in bryophyte tissues in comparison to tracheophyte roots may be ofSignificant importance in understanding the contrasting growth responses of different species to nutrient applications.
Abstract: Recent information on mineral nutrient acquisition and retention is reviewed in relation to the suspected importance of bryophytes in mineral relations of ecosystems. Nutrient inputs from various sources are discussed and the importance of determining the cellular locations of elements in experimental studies is emphasized. Mineral inputs from the substratum appear to be particularly important in rapidly growing species, e.g. Brachythecium rutabuium, which exploit seasonally deposited vascular plant litter. Slower-growing feather mosses, e.g. Pseudoscieropodium purum, may depend largely on wet deposition for minerals, although phosphate, which is present at low concentration in precipitation, is probably obtained principally from the substratum. The ecophysiological bases for the contrasting growth responses of different species to nutrient applications are poorly understood. Elevated cell wall cation exchange capacities (CEC) in bryophyte tissues in comparison to tracheophyte roots may be of sign...
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TL;DR: In this article, the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and trace metals, as well as stable nitrogen isotope composition, were determined in moss tissues from an urban area and from rural sites in northern Italy.
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TL;DR: This study reviews the application of mosses as biomonitors of atmospheric deposition of POPs and determines temporal trends or have directly related the concentrations in mosses with measured atmospheric concentrations and/or deposition fluxes.
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