Element contents in leaves of four plant species (birch, mountain ash, fern and spruce) along anthropogenic and geogenic concentration gradients

Reimann, Clemens; Arnoldussen, Arnold; Boyd, Rognvald; Finne, Tor Erik; Koller, Friedrich; Nordgulen, Øystein; Englmaier, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.011

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“…Large differences in background concentration and variation in the different materials must be considered before a pattern can be assigned to a certain element source. In general, the expected urban contamination signal is much weaker than originally expected (Reimann et al, 2006(Reimann et al, , 2007a(Reimann et al, -c, 2008a, and often difficult to differentiate from natural variation, caused by geology, climate and the uptake characteristics of the different plants. Figure 16.3 shows transect plots for Pb in four selected sample materials: O-horizon, moss, birch leaves and birch bark.…”

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“…There exist order-of-magnitude differences in the median values, not only between minerogenic and biogenic sample materials, but also between the different plant species, even with samples from the same locations. These differences can clearly not be interpreted as caused by 'contamination', but are material specific (Reimann et al, 2007a(Reimann et al, -c, 2008a.…”

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“…rock and soil samples - Reimann et al (2007b); and . plant materials - Reimann et al (2006Reimann et al ( , 2007a.…”

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“…It was most likely caused by widespread plant communities with significant or even dominant presence of Betula, which at the time was developing in the vicinity of the palaeolake . Betula displays a bioaccumulative tendency towards Zn, which was noted by Fortescue (1980) and Reimann et al (2007). Generally, in the older Atlantic Period Pinus sylvestris still played an important part in building forest communities.…”

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Factors influencing temporal changes in chemical composition of biogenic deposits in the middle Tążyna River Valley (Kuyavian Lakeland, central Poland)

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The present paper discusses the influence of geochemical properties on biogenic deposits in the Wilkostowo mire near Toruń, central Poland. The analysed core has allowed the documentation of environmental changes between the older part of the Atlantic Period and the present day (probably interrupted at the turn of the Meso-and Neoholocene). In order to reconstruct the main stages in the sedimentation of biogenic deposits, we have used stratigraphic variability of selected litho-geochemical elements (organic matter, calcium carbonate, biogenic and terrigenous silica, macro-and micro-elements: Na, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr and Ni). The main litho-geochemical component is CaCO 3 ; its content ranges from 4.1 per cent to 92 per cent. The variability of CaCO 3 content reflects mainly changes in hydrological and geomorphological conditions within the catchment area. The effects of prehistoric anthropogenic activities in the catchment of the River Tążyna, e.g., the use of saline water for economic purposes, are recorded in a change from calcareous gyttja into detritus-calcareous gyttja sedimentation and an increased content of lithophilous elements (Na, K, Mg and Ni) in the sediments. Principal component analysis (PCA) has enabled the distinction the most important factors that affected the chemical composition of sediments at the Wilkostowo site, i.e., mechanical and chemical denudation processes in the catchment, changes in redox conditions, bioaccumulation of selected elements and human activity. Sediments of the Wilkostowo mire are located in the direct vicinity of an archaeological site, where traces of intensive settlement dating back to the Neolithic have been documented. The settlement phase is recorded both in lithology and geochemical properties of biogenic deposits which fill the reservoir formed at the bottom of the Parchania Canal Valley.

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“…In the base part of the Phase 2 (lower part of the geochem i cal In ter val Bór II), the high est Zn and Pb con tents are observed, likely as a re sult of bioaccumulation of those el e ments. The in crease in Zn con tent could have been as so ci ated with the ap pear ance of the light-re quir ing birch char ac ter ized as hav ing a strong abil ity to bioconcentrate zinc (For tes cue, 1980;Reimann et al, 2007). The rel a tively low Fe/Mn ra tios ev i denced per sistence of ox i da tive con di tions in the wa ter body (Mackereth, 1966;Borówka, 2007).…”

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Palaeogeographical significance of the Eemian biogenic sediments at the Bór site (Warta River valley, central Poland)

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An in ves ti gated area is lo cated in the mid dle reach of the Warta River val ley. Dur ing drillings in the Bór site or ganic de pos its such as de tri tal cal car e ous gyttja and cal car e ous de tri tal gyttja has been doc u mented in a depth be tween 14.9 and 16.6 m. The or ganic de pos its are cov ered by min eral, mostly sandy de pos its. The ac cu mu la tion took place in the small lake formed as an aban doned chan nel. Palynological anal y sis led to the con clu sion that biogenic ac cu mu la tion be gan at the end of Wartanian and took place at least to the Eemian Inter gla cial op ti mum. Re sults of palynological, Cladocera and geo chem i cal anal y ses in di cate wa ter level changes and the in creas ing of the tro phy sta tus of the res er voir. Pres ence of Me so zoic sub stratum very close to the palaeolake bot tom in flu enced sig nif i cantly the chem i cal fea tures of the or ganic de pos its. As Eemian organic de pos its are un com mon in the Warta River val ley, the Bór site seems im por tant for palaeo geo graphi cal re con struc tions of the Warta River val ley dur ing Eemian Inter gla cial.

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Element contents in leaves of four plant species (birch, mountain ash, fern and spruce) along anthropogenic and geogenic concentration gradients

Cited by 77 publications

References 20 publications

The Scale of an Urban Contamination Footprint: Results from a Transect through Oslo, Norway

The Scale of an Urban Contamination Footprint: Results from a Transect through Oslo, Norway

Factors influencing temporal changes in chemical composition of biogenic deposits in the middle Tążyna River Valley (Kuyavian Lakeland, central Poland)

Palaeogeographical significance of the Eemian biogenic sediments at the Bór site (Warta River valley, central Poland)

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