Concentration of Chemical Elements in Larix gmelinii Needles and Betula pendula Leaves. P. 76–90

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In the Trans-Baikal Territory, mining enterprises significantly pollute the environment with chemical elements. In these conditions, monitoring the state of the environment, including with the help of indicator plants, is of great importance. Among the woody plants, Gmelin larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Kuzen.) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) are the most common in the region. Using the example of the Bystrinskoe Cu–Au–Fe skarnporphyry deposit, the concentrarion of 46 chemical elements in the needles of Gmelin larch and the leaves of silver birch, as well as the content of these elements in the soil, has been studied. The aim of the study is to identify plant species differences in the accumulation of elements and the prospect for using plants as indicators of environmental pollution. Scientific work has been carried out on 11 sample plots in natural plant communities near the enterprise’s facilities in August 2022. Soil and plant samples have been collected at the same time, at the same sites. The chemical analysis of the samples has been carried out using the “Methodology for measuring the metal content in solid objects by inductively coupled spectrometry” (FER 16.1:2.3:3.11–98). Differences in the concentration of elements in plants in relation to the clarke of terrestrial plants have been established. A statictically significant higher concentration of K, Ca, P, Mg, Fe, Ba, Zn, Na, Rb, Ni, Co, Ga, Sn, Y, Zr, Cd and Nb has been found in birch leaves compared to larch needles, and, conversely, a higher concentration of Sc, W and Hg – in larch needles than in birch leaves. Significant differences between plants have been established in the biological absorption coefficient of Se, P, Sn, Ca, Mn, Sr, Cd, Mg, K, W, Ni, Zn, Sc, Rb, Na and Nb. Knowledge about the peculiarities of accumulation of chemical elements in plant organs can be used for biomonitoring environmental pollution and, possibly, for phytoremediation of contaminated soils.

Authors

Vladimir P. Makarov*, Candidate of Biology, Senior Research Scientist; ResearcherID: AAZ-3029-2020, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8882-9339
Yurij V. Zima, Candidate of Geography, Research Scientist; ResearcherID: AAC-1385-2022, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-0855

Affiliation

Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Nedorezova, 16a, Chita, 672014, Russian Federation; vm2853@mail.ru*, zima.yura@mail.ru

Keywords

metal deposit, Larix gmelinii, Betula pendula, chemical elements, environment pollution, chemical pollution, pollution monitoring, the Trans-Baikal Territory

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Makarov V.P., Zima Yu.V. Concentration of Chemical Elements in Larix gmelinii Needles and Betula pendula Leaves. Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, 2024, no. 5, pp. 76–90. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2024-5-76-90

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