Element accumulation in bryophytes in peatland ecosystems of the Kaliningrad region, Russia
... peatland ecosystems with different levels of disturbance in the Kaliningrad region—on the Bolshoye bog and the Wittgiren peatland—are presented. The study focused on widely distributed species of mosses: Aulacomnium palustre, Polytrichum strictum, Sphagnum centrale, S. cuspidatum, S. fuscum, S. magellanicum, and S. squarrosum, as well as the reference species Pleurozium schreberi. Using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, the content of eight macro- and microelements (Mn, Zn, Ni, Fe, Br, Rb, Sr, and ...
