**4. Conclusion**

Sites **Coefficient of loading by elements KF KF** < 1 1 -10 10-50 >50

Hf, Pb, Sb, Ta, Yb F **6.2**

Hf **4.2**

Al, Cr, Sb, Ta, Yb, Zr Hf **6.7**

Cr, Sb, Ta, Tb, Th, Yb, Zr Hf **7.6**

Ag, Hg, Mo, Pb, Ta, Tb, Yb, Zr Hf, Sb **11.8**

Al, Cd, Ce, La, Mo, Pb, Sb, Sc,

Ag, Al, As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cs, Fe, Hg, I, La, Mo, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sc, Sr, Ta, Tb, Th, U, V, W, Yb

Fe, Hg, I, La, Mo, Na, Ni, Pb, Sr,

U, V, W

The temporal trends in the concentration of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn between 1990 and 2010 were observed. In general, the concentration of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn

Ta, Tb, Th,Yb, Zr

Ag, Hf, Pb, Sb Ta Tb, Yb

Hf **8.8**

Sb, Hf **19**

Al, Hf, Sb, Sc, Ta, Tb, Th, Yb

**44**

**45**

Fe, Hg, I, La, Mo, Na, Ni Sc, Sr,

Th, U, V, W, Zn

Ag, Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Hg, K, La, Mg, Mo, Na, Ni, Rb, Sc, Se, Sm, Sr, Tb, Th, Ti, U, V, W, Zn

Central Spiš Au Br, Ca, Cl, In, K, Mg, Mn, Rb, Se, Al, As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu,

Ag, Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Ce, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Hg, In, K, La, Mn, Mo, N, Na, Ni, Pb Rb, Sb, Sc, Sr, Ta, Tb, Th, U, V, W, Yb,

Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Ce, Cl, Co, Cs, Cu, Fe, Hg, In, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, N, Na, Ni, Pb, Rb, S, Sc, Se, Sm, Sr, Tb, Th, Ti, U, V,

Ag, Al, As, Au, Ba, Ca, Cd,Ce, Cl, Co, Cs, Cu, Fe, Hg, I, K, La, Mg, Mn, Mo, N,Na, Ni, Pb Rb, S, Sc, Se, Sr, Ti, U, V, W, Zn

Ag, As, Ba,Ca, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs,Cu, Fe,Hg, I, K, Mn, Na, Ni, Rb, Sm, Sr, Ti, U, V, W,

Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Ce, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, I, K, La, Mg, Mn, N, Na, Ni, Rb, S, Sc,

Morské oko Au Br,Ca, Cl, In, K, Mg, Mn, Rb, Se, Zn Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu,

Sr, Th, Ti, U, V, W, Zn

Poľana Au Br, Ca, Cl, Cu, In, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Rb, Se,

**Table 2.** Coefficient of loading by elements KF in the year 2000

**Hot Spots**

280 Current Air Quality Issues

**National Parks**

**Protected Area**

Veľká Fatra

Vysoké Tatry Au, Br, Ca, I, Se

Báb Au, Br, In,

Slovenský raj Au, Br, In

Nízke Tatry

Žiar basin Au, Br,Cl, I,

In, Mn,

Au, Br, I, Mg, S, Se, Sm,Ti

Au, Br,In Sm

Mg, N, S, Se

Sm, Se

Zn, Zr

W, Zn

Zn

Zn

Moss surveys can provide quick and cheap information about spatiotemporal changes of the current deposition rates of about 40 chemical elements across the country. Figures from the moss surveys may be the only data about elemental deposition rates that have not been determined at measurement stations of air quality (e.g., Be, Li, Se, Tl, Th, and REEs).

Moss biomonitoring is an effective tool for detecting effects of new technologies on deposition zones in the vicinity of emission sources. All results of the Slovak moss surveys were accepted and stored in the UN ECE ICP-Vegetation database for checking of deposition loads in Europe and their environmental effects.

On the basis of biomonitoring using 3-year-old segments of *Pleurozium schreberi*, *Hylocomium splendens*, and *Dicranum* sp. at 10 sites in Slovakia, it was determined that:

