The Gümüsköy mining area is located about 25 km west of Kutahya and is the largest silver deposit in Turkey. The present study investigated translocation and accumulation of cadmium (Cd) from the soil into 11 native plants. Plant and soil samples were collected from the field, and Cd concentrations were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy. Mean Cd values in the soil, root, and shoot of native plants in the study area were 82.8 ± 5, 55.4 ± 6, and 43.5 ± 4 mg kg, respectively. Plants were separated into several groups according to the enrichment coefficients for shoot and root values of plants. These groups showed Carduus nutans and Phlomis could be potentially bioaccumulator plants useful for phytoremediation of mining soils contaminated by Cd.

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The microelement composition (Pb, V, Cr, Zn, Mn, Cu) of the mountain-podzolic brown earth soils of the Chornohir and Marmarо reserve massifs of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve was determined: background, under wet and dry moss (Sphagnum palustre L.). The increased content of trace elements (Cu, V, Zn, Mn) in the upper soil layer of the Chornohir massif was determined, which is explained by the presence of a clay component, and the lower content in the Marmaros massif — the presence of carbonates. Ranked series were constructed by the dispersion coefficient of microelements in soils covered with wet and dry moss Sphagnum palustre L. It was established that the soil under dry moss is practically not depleted of microelements, but in the presence of rains it becomes wet again and the sorption process resumes. It was found that the soils under the wet moss of the Chornohir massif are most depleted in Mn, Cu, and Zn; and the Marmaros massif — Mn, Pb, and V. The geochemical behavior of the studied microelements in soils under wet moss was analyzed. It was concluded that wet moss has a selective ion exchange, is a geochemical barrier, and that is why lithochemical search and monitoring works should be carried out in the areas covered with wet moss, taking into account the established features.

Карпатський біосферний заповідник Міністерства охорони навколишнього природного середовища України 90600, м. Рахів, Україна, вул. Красне Плесо, 77 ГЕОХІМІЯ ҐРУНТІВ ДОЛИНИ НАРЦИСІВ ТА УРОЧИЩА СПІВАКОВЕ (ЗАКАРПАТТЯ) Уперше виконано геохімічні дослідження екосистем нарциса вузьколистого (Narcissus angustifolius subsp. Radiiflorus, далі N. angustifolius) заповідних масивів Карпатського біосферного заповідника-Долини нарцисів (рівнинна частина) та урочище Співакове (низькогір'я). Визначено мікроелементний склад (Li,