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. 2018 May 29;15(6):1105. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061105

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of element concentrations (μg g−1) in moss, tree leaves and soil.

Sample Value (μg g−1) Ag As Cd Co Cr Cu Mn Mo Ni Pb V Zn
H. angustifolium Minimum 0.074 3.04 0.433 1.85 6.37 19.9 127 277 2.99 17.3 15.3 86.4
Maximum 0.258 6.69 1.20 5.22 27.0 44.9 700 491 6.17 61.3 32.2 169
Mean 0.127 4.20 0.660 4.14 13.3 25.6 300 338 4.97 28.0 24.8 114
SD 0.073 1.33 0.27 1.17 6.67 8.94 189 79.2 1.05 16.6 6.39 31.1
Diff a a a a a a a a a a a a
C. bodinieri Minimum 0.004 0.156 0.025 0.047 0.277 3.54 39.3 17.7 0.326 1.179 0.306 8.47
Maximum 0.021 0.871 0.092 0.345 1.29 7.41 393 75.7 0.864 3.738 2.553 16.9
Mean 0.008 0.317 0.050 0.108 0.579 5.23 120 41.1 0.549 2.361 0.735 13.4
SD 0.006 0.222 0.023 0.091 0.339 1.35 122 17.9 0.185 0.940 0.695 3.32
Diff b b b b b b b b b b b b
O. fragrans Minimum 0.002 0.111 0.090 0.120 0.357 3.96 13.5 42.9 0.316 1.52 0.369 17.5
Maximum 0.018 0.318 0.358 0.330 0.759 7.17 223 251 0.976 10.6 0.830 40.9
Mean 0.009 0.196 0.182 0.224 0.538 5.14 107 144 0.562 3.59 0.575 27.1
SD 0.005 0.079 0.101 0.057 0.130 1.04 75.0 71.4 0.202 3.09 0.137 7.57
Diff b b c b b b b c b b b b
Soil Minimum 0.064 21.5 0.113 12.5 42.4 25.1 386 329 16.4 28.0 102 55.9
Maximum 0.217 23.8 0.301 19.0 54.7 32.0 1035 549 21.2 41.4 138 81.6
Mean 0.107 22.7 0.185 16.4 49.3 28.0 667 387 18.4 32.7 124 67.8
SD 0.047 0.876 0.056 2.14 3.56 2.54 190 74 1.43 4.51 10.9 9.69
Diff a c c c c a c a c a c c

Note: SD: standard deviation; Different letters of a, b and c in Diff in the same column indicate significant differences at p < 0.05 among materials.