Distribution and quantification of Pb in an evergreen broadleaved forest in three hydrological years

Michopoulos, Panagiotis; Bourletsikas, Athanassios; Kaoukis, Kostas; Kostakis, Marios; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Passias, Ioannis I.; Kaberi, Helen; Iliakis, Stylianos

doi:10.1007/s11676-019-01018-4

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“…The properties of soils show that all properties are higher than any deficiency limit [28]. The concentrations of As in soils are generally of the order of 5-10 mg kg -1 [29] but higher values have been found in mineral uncontaminated soils (10-24 mg kg -1 ) of forests [8]. In our work, the As concentration ranged from 0.22 mg kg -1 in the L horizon to 7.19 mg kg -1 in the 40-80 cm mineral layer.…”

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Arsenic and Cadmium in the Hydrological Cycle and Soil in a Maquis Broadleaved Evergreen Forest Stand in Greece. Sources of Some Uncertainties

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Bourletsikas,

Argyrokastritis

et al. 2023

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The concentrations and fluxes of arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) were examined in the hydrological cycle (bulk, throughfall deposition and percolation water), litterfall and soils in a maquis broadleaved evergreen forest stand in western Greece. It was found that the enrichment of As in the atmosphere was both due to suspended geogenic material and long range transfer, whereas for Cd the long range transfer was the predominant way for deposition in the ecosystem. Three models were assessed to find the volumes of percolation water and therefore the fluxes of As and Cd in the water that leave the ecosystem permanently. When calculating the total amounts of the heavy metals in soils, the statistical uncertainty derived from every soil layer has to be taken into account.

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“…The fact that remote forests can be affected by the deposition of heavy metals prompted scientists to study their status and cycling in forest ecosystems not near industrial and/or urban areas [7][8][9] . The reason for this deposition is the long-range transfer of some elements above forests and their subsequent deposition on forests.…”

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