Using Hylocomium splendens as a Bioindicator for the Long Range Transport of Pollutants to Arctic

• Main Author: Schick, Astrid
• Other Authors: Mikkelsen, Øyvind, Steinnes, Eliv
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Fid; Norway; Ny-Ålesund; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2785507

Monitoring the effects of global pollutant transportation mechanisms in high Arctic areas has until recently, been neglected. These vulnerable ecosystems contain features that may amplify the accumulation of certain contaminates and provide insight into the state of human emissions when compared to...