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Trace Element Similarity Groups in North Florida Spanish Moss

Sheline, Jonathan ; Akselsson, Roland LU and Winchester, John W (1976) In Journal of Geophysical Research 81(6). p.1047-1050
Abstract
The elemental composition of 10 samples of Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides L. collected mainly in forested areas near Tallahassee, Florida, has been compared to the composition of the ambient aerosol particle background in the forest measured as a function of particle size. For forest samples, moss composition is similar to the composition of aerosol particles greater than about 0.5-μm diameter for the elements S, Cl, Ti, V, Fe, Ni, Zn, Br, Pb, and possibly Cu. Elements relatively enriched in the moss fall into two groups, K, Rb, Zr and Ca, Sr, Mn, based on detailed association patterns. No evidence is found for an enrichment, relative to the ambient aerosol, of pollution-derived elements Pb, Br, V, and Ni, although those elements are... (More)
The elemental composition of 10 samples of Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides L. collected mainly in forested areas near Tallahassee, Florida, has been compared to the composition of the ambient aerosol particle background in the forest measured as a function of particle size. For forest samples, moss composition is similar to the composition of aerosol particles greater than about 0.5-μm diameter for the elements S, Cl, Ti, V, Fe, Ni, Zn, Br, Pb, and possibly Cu. Elements relatively enriched in the moss fall into two groups, K, Rb, Zr and Ca, Sr, Mn, based on detailed association patterns. No evidence is found for an enrichment, relative to the ambient aerosol, of pollution-derived elements Pb, Br, V, and Ni, although those elements are found at higher concentrations in moss samples from locations nearer roadways or oil-fired power plants. The moss appears to have potential value as an indicator of time average aerosol composition for particles of ≥0.5 μm, except for the enriched elements, which may have longer biological retention times. (Less)
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trace elements, Spanish moss, uptake of aerosol particles
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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81
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10.1029/JC081i006p01047
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  abstract     = {{The elemental composition of 10 samples of Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides L. collected mainly in forested areas near Tallahassee, Florida, has been compared to the composition of the ambient aerosol particle background in the forest measured as a function of particle size. For forest samples, moss composition is similar to the composition of aerosol particles greater than about 0.5-μm diameter for the elements S, Cl, Ti, V, Fe, Ni, Zn, Br, Pb, and possibly Cu. Elements relatively enriched in the moss fall into two groups, K, Rb, Zr and Ca, Sr, Mn, based on detailed association patterns. No evidence is found for an enrichment, relative to the ambient aerosol, of pollution-derived elements Pb, Br, V, and Ni, although those elements are found at higher concentrations in moss samples from locations nearer roadways or oil-fired power plants. The moss appears to have potential value as an indicator of time average aerosol composition for particles of ≥0.5 μm, except for the enriched elements, which may have longer biological retention times.}},
  author       = {{Sheline, Jonathan and Akselsson, Roland and Winchester, John W}},
  issn         = {{2156-2202}},
  keywords     = {{trace elements; Spanish moss; uptake of aerosol particles}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{1047--1050}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Journal of Geophysical Research}},
  title        = {{Trace Element Similarity Groups in North Florida Spanish Moss}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/JC081i006p01047}},
  doi          = {{10.1029/JC081i006p01047}},
  volume       = {{81}},
  year         = {{1976}},
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