Table 6 Mean values of metal concentrations (mg g⁻¹) in samples of mosses (M), lichens (L) and algae (A) exposed in the waters of the Turawa Reservoir; ± s—standard deviation.

Parameter	Mn	Ni	Cu	Zn	Cd	Pb
Moss Pleurozium schreberi (M)
Mean	0.1260	0.00098	0.0067	0.0589	0.0033	0.0101
± s	0.0580	0.00074	0.0042	0.0723	0.0093	0.0068
Min	0.0011	0.00080	0.0008	0.0062	0.0002	0.0004
Max	0.2929	0.00560	0.0375	0.4313	0.0678	0.0332
Lichen Hypogymnia physodes (L)
Mean	0.0639	0.00090	0.0051	0.0761	0.0010	0.0243
± s	0.0432	0.00054	0.0019	0.0246	0.0006	0.0128
Min	0.0230	0.00080	0.0018	0.0244	0.0002	0.0089
Max	0.3020	0.00500	0.0188	0.1972	0.0043	0.0800
Algae Palmaria palmata (A)
Mean	0.2943	0.0040	0.0076	0.0432	0.0008	0.0094
± s	0.5136	0.0018	0.0088	0.0301	0.0009	0.0089
Min	0.0100	0.0008	0.0028	0.0197	0.0002	0.0011
Max	2.9190	0.0139	0.0585	0.2163	0.0053	0.0683

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