Abstract
A survey of heavy metal contents in 9 moss species: Barbula ehrenbergii (Lor.) Fleisch, Pleurochaete squarossa (Brid.) Lindb., Tortella humilis (Hedw.) Jenn, Pholonotis longiseta (MMichx) E. Britton, Philonotis tenuis (Hedw.) Brid, Funaria hygrometrica Hedw, Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Brid.) Shwaegr, Thuidium furfurosum (Broth.) Broth and Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw. Collected from three sites in Jabel Marra region, Darfur, Sudan was carried out . Concentrations of the elements sodium, potassium, zinc, calcium, copper, manganese and iron in the mosses gave an indication of the soil content in the selected sites and significant differences in heavy metal concentrations were recorded for different sites.
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