“…To verify the SSAD method, the MSN was calculated using the data of the Moos Survey 2015 with the concentrations of 12 heavy metals (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, V, Zn) and nitrogen [3] measured at 400 moss sampling sites in Germany. The calculation was carried out throughout Germany using the SSAD method (method C) 1 and comparing the calculation formula of the Moss Manual (method A) with identical data, i.e.. with data from the Moss Survey 2015.…”