Content of potentially toxic elements in herb species of spruce ecosystems affected by air pollutants

• Published in: Časopis Beskydy Vol. 4; no. 1
• Main Authors: Kukla, J.,Slovenska Akademia Vied, Zvolen (Slovak Republic). Ustav Ekologie Lesa, Kuklova, M.,Slovenska Akademia Vied, Zvolen (Slovak Republic). Ustav Ekologie Lesa, Kontrisova, O.,Technicka Univ., Zvolen (Slovak Republic). Fakulta Ekologie a Environmentalistiky, Kontris, J.,Technicka Univ., Zvolen (Slovak Republic). Lesnicka Fakulta, Kovacova, I.,Technicka Univ., Zvolen (Slovak Republic). Fakulta Ekologie a Environmentalistiky
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2011
• Subjects: AERIAL PARTS; AGUA DEL SUELO; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASA; BIOMASS; BIOMASSE; CAMBISOL; CAMBISOLES; CAMBISOLS; CHROME; CHROMIUM; COBRE; CONTAMINANTES; COPPER; CROMO; CUIVRE; DRYOPTERIS; EAU DU SOL; ESPECE; ESPECIES; FER; FITOTOXICIDAD; FOREST STANDS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; HIERRO; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1224; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_14198; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1595; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_16379; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1868; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_228; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_27977; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_28080; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_32353; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33096; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33420; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_34324; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_35660; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3950; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4570; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5848; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5852; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6076; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6161; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6687; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7183; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7205; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7280; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_926; IRON; MANGANESE; MANGANESO; NUTRICION DE LAS PLANTAS; NUTRITION DES PLANTES; ORGANOS AEREOS; PARTIE AERIENNE; PEUPLEMENT FORESTIER; PHYTOTOXICITE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PICEA ABIES; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANTAS HERBACEAS; PLANTE HERBACEE; POLLUANT; POLLUTANTS; POLLUTED SOIL; POLLUTION ATMOSPHERIQUE; POLLUTION DU SOL; POLUCION DEL AIRE; POLUCION DEL SUELO; PRECIPITACION ATMOSFERICA; PRECIPITATION; REPUBLICA ESLOVACA; REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE; RODALES; RUBUS IDAEUS; SENECIO; SLOVAK REPUBLIC; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; SOL POLLUE; SOLIDAGO; SPECIES; SUELO CONTAMINADO
• ISSN: 1803-2451

The contamination of Spodic Cambisols and selected herb species (Dryopteris dilatata, Luzula luzuloides, Prenanthes purpurea, Rubus idaeus, Senecio ovatus and Solidago virgaurea) by potentially toxic elements (Fe, Mn, Cu, Cr) issuing from polluted atmosphere was studied in spruce stand and parallel clear-cut area on the locality Stoliky situated in the buffer zone of the National Park Slovensky Raj close to Spisska Nova Ves. The element concentrations determined in extracts of soil samples by 2 mol/cubic dm HNO3 were as follows (mg/kg d.w.): Fe 3,600-4,300, Mn 1,100-1,300, Cu 81.1-100.6, Cr 1.16-2.00. The concentrations of elements in aboveground phytomass of dominant herb species ranged as follows (mg/kg d.w.): Cr 0.052-0.419, Cu 8.6-22.4, Fe 70.2-191.0 and Mn 1,043-3,457. Increased amounts of Cu and Mn (compared with the background values) were ascertained in all herb species, whereas the levels of Fe were higher only in Luzula luzuloides (clear-cut area) and Prenanthes purpurea (spruce stand). Cr concentrations were lower than background value. The values of Fe:Mn ratio (0.03-0.12) were markedly lower, while the values of Fe:Cr (403-1,867) and Cu:Fe (0.086-0.203) ratios were substantially higher compared with the normal values in herb species. They indicate disturbance in herb nutrition and nutrient cycling in the spruce ecosystems.