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Organochlorines burden in moss H. cupressiforme and topsoil across Serbia

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Following up-to-date initiatives of the Stockholm Convention, its global monitoring plan, and the International Cooperative Programme on Natural Vegetation and Crops (ICP Vegetation 2015) under the convention on long-range transboundary air pollution, this study examined 17 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and seven organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in the moss Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. and topsoil sampled across Serbia. In the topsoil, OCPs ranged from 0.0158 to 9.6804 ng g−1 while concentrations of individual PCB congeners were in the range between 0.0185 and 0.3107 ng g−1. The levels of OCPs and PCBs in the moss H. cupressiforme ranged from 2.7785 to 23.9501 ng g−1, and from 0.4325 to 15.8013 ng g−1, respectively. POP relationships between topsoil and moss investigated by fugacity model equations indicated that the moss POP enrichment was a result of atmospheric long-range transport rather than secondary reemissions from soil.

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The research was supported by the Croatian Science Foundation (Project OPENTOX, No. 8366) . The authors acknowledge funding provided by the Institute of Physics Belgrade, through the grant by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (Projects Nos. III43007, III43002 and 172001).

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  1. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska cesta 2, PO Box 291, 10001, Zagreb, Croatia

    Gordana Mendaš & Snježana Herceg Romanić

  2. Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, Belgrade, 11080, Serbia

    Gordana Jovanović, Mira Aničić Urošević & Tijana Milićević

  3. Singidunum University, Danijelova 32, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Gordana Jovanović

  4. Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia

    Miloš Ilić

  5. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Aleksandar Popović

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Table S1.

The concentrations [ng g−1] of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) determined in the soil sampled at 21 sampling sites across Serbia. Table S2. Spearman’s correlation coefficients between concentrations of organochlorine pesticide (OCPs) and indicator polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), and soil properties (soil organic matter − SOM and pH); significant correlations are given in bold. Table S3. The concentrations [ng g−1] of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and indicator polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) determined in the moss H. cupressiforme sampled at 21 sampling sites across Serbia. (DOCX 36 kb)

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Mendaš, G., Herceg Romanić, S., Jovanović, G. et al. Organochlorines burden in moss H. cupressiforme and topsoil across Serbia. Environ Geochem Health 43, 273–283 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00704-1

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