@article{662a94bd99bc435a9bce154ba03d830f,
title = "Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczy{\'n}ski, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska",
abstract = "A recent paper by Miszczak et al. (2020) examines metal contamination of mires in Poland and Norway. The authors conclude that lead (Pb) records in ombrotrophic peatlands cannot be used to reconstruct the chronological history of anthropogenic activities due to post-depositional mobility of the metal. We contest this general conclusion which stands in contrast with a significant body of literature demonstrating that Pb is largely immobile in the vast majority of ombrotrophic peatlands. Our aim is to reaffirm the crucial contribution that peat records have made to our knowledge of atmospheric Pb contamination. In addition, we reiterate the necessity of following established protocols to produce reliable records of anthropogenic Pb contamination in environmental archives.",
keywords = "Bog, Enrichment factor, Geochemistry, Immobility, Lead, Metal accumulation rate, Ombrotrophic peatland",
author = "{De Vleeschouwer}, F. and S. Baron and Cloy, {J. M.} and M. Enrico and V. Ettler and N. Fagel and H. Kempter and M. Kylander and C. Li and J. Longman and A. Martinez-Cortizas and S. Marx and N. Mattielli and T. Mighall and Nieminen, {T. M.} and N. Piotrowska and X. Pontevedra-Pombal and S. Pratte and V. Renson and W. Shotyk and E. Shuttleworth and J. Sikorski and N. Stromsoe and J. Talbot and {von Scheffer}, C. and D. Weiss and C. Zaccone and {Le Roux}, G.",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138699",
language = "English",
volume = "737",
journal = "Science of the Total Environment",
issn = "0048-9697",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}