Long-term dynamics of heavy metal concentrations in the food and liver of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in the period of reduction of emissions from a copper smelter

Mukhacheva, S. V.

doi:10.1134/s1067413617060078

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“…The metallurgical industry of non-ferrous metals is particularly oppressive to the environment and human health (Mukhacheva 2017;Kim et al 2016;Kalinovic et al, 2016;Jamshidian et al 2015). In Poland, this industry dynamically develops mainly in Upper and Lower Silesia, significantly changing the quality of the environment near the smelters (Kapusta and Sobczyk 2015;Skubała and Zaleski 2012;Damek-Poprawa and Sawicka-Kapusta 2003).…”

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The pollution indices of trace elements in soils and plants close to the copper and zinc smelting works in Poland’s Lower Silesia

Hołtra

Zamorska-Wojdyła

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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The quality of soils polluted by trace elements around the facilities with the Cu and Zn smelting activities and the post-flotation tailings pond from copper industry were assessed. The level of the contamination of soils was determined on the basis of the contamination factor and the geoaccumulation index. The geoaccumulation index allows to distinguish more degrees of soil contamination and simplifies the assessment of the useable value of soil. The degrees of soil contamination and the pollution load index were shown. It has been shown that the pollution indices are a useful tool in describing the soil quality and planning corrective actions in the areas contaminated as a result of industrial activity. Histograms of pollution indices were used in order to detect the distribution of trace elements in soils. The content of metals in biomass was assessed using bioaccumulation indices. Triticum L. and Brassica napus L. show low bioaccumulation of studied metals in cereal plants. The correlations were used in order to detect the relationship among trace elements in soil as well as the relationship of metal (soil)-metal (plant) and metal bioaccumulation (plant)-metal (soil). The highest values of indices were recorded for the Oława smelter, presumably due to the long operation period before technological changes limiting the emission of pollutants were introduced. This research area was classified as very highly contaminated with all trace elements. Soils around other facilities are at least moderately contaminated.

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The pollution indices of trace elements in soils and plants close to the copper and zinc smelting works in Poland’s Lower Silesia

Hołtra

Zamorska-Wojdyła

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…About ten years ago, emissions from the smelter almost ceased, which initiated the natural recovery of adjoining ecosystems. Recent publications were related to the dynamics of metal concentrations in the environment ( Vorobeichik and Kaigorodova 2017 , Mukhacheva 2017 , Belskaya 2018 , Nesterkov 2019 ) and to the natural recovery of humus forms ( Korkina and Vorobeichik 2021 ), vegetation ( Vorobeichik et al 2014 , Trubina 2020 ), leaf-eating insects ( Belskaya 2018 ), birds ( Belskii and Lyakhov 2021 ), epiphytic lichens ( Mikhailova 2017 , Mikhailova 2020 ), soil macrofauna ( Vorobeichik et al 2019 , Vorobeichik et al 2020 ), grass-layer gastropods ( Nesterkov and Grebennikov 2020 ), small mammals ( Mukhacheva 2021 , Mukhacheva and Sozontov 2021 ) and the common mole ( Vorobeichik and Nesterkova 2015 ).…”

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Diversity and abundance of soil macroinvertebrates along a contamination gradient in the Central Urals, Russia

Воробейчик¹,

Nesterkov²,

Ермаков³

et al. 2022

BDJ

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Since the late 1980s, long-term monitoring of terrestrial ecosystems in metal-contaminated areas near the Middle Ural Copper Smelter has been carried out in the Central Urals. As a part of these monitoring programmes, the data on species diversity, community composition and abundance of soil macroinvertebrates continue to be gathered. The dataset (available from the GBIF network at https://www.gbif.org/dataset/61e92984-382b-4158-be6b-e391c7ed5a64) includes a 2004 census for soil macroinvertebrates of spruce-fir forests along a pollution gradient in the Central Urals. The dataset describes soil macrofauna’s abundance (the number of individuals per sample, i.e. the density) and community structure (list of supraspecific taxa, list of species for most abundant taxa and supraspecific taxa or species abundance). Seventeen sampling plots differed in the levels of toxic metal (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd and Fe) soil contamination from air emissions of the Middle Ural Copper Smelter (heavily polluted, moderately polluted and unpolluted areas). The dataset consists of 340 sampling events (= samples corresponding to upper and lower layers of the 170 soil monoliths) and 64658 rows (2907 and 61751 for non-zero and zero density of taxa, respectively). Arachnida (Araneae and Opiliones), Carabidae (imagoes), Elateridae (larvae), Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Gastropoda, Staphylinidae (imagoes) and Lumbricidae were identified to species level. In contrast, Mermithida, Enchytraeidae, Lepidoptera larvae, Diptera larvae, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera and some other insects were identified to family or order levels. In total, 8430 individuals of soil macroinvertebrates were collected in two soil layers (organic and organic-mineral horizons), including 1046 Arachnida (spiders and harvestmen), 45 Carabidae, 300 Elateridae, 529 Myriapoda, 741 Gastropoda, 437 Staphylinidae, 623 Lumbricidae and 4709 other invertebrates. The presence-absence data on each taxon are provided for each sampling event. An overwhelming majority of such absences can be interpreted as “pseudo-absences” at the scale of sampling plots or study sites. The dataset contains information helpful for long-term ecotoxicological monitoring of forest ecosystems and contributes to studying soil macrofauna diversity in the Urals.

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Morphological parameters of hepatocytes in the European mole (Talpa europaea) and herb field mouse (Sylvaemus uralensis) under industrial pollution: Qualitative and quantitative assessment

Davydova

Нестеркова

Mukhacheva

2023

Environ Monit Assess

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Long-term dynamics of heavy metal concentrations in the food and liver of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in the period of reduction of emissions from a copper smelter

Cited by 15 publications

References 26 publications

The pollution indices of trace elements in soils and plants close to the copper and zinc smelting works in Poland’s Lower Silesia

The pollution indices of trace elements in soils and plants close to the copper and zinc smelting works in Poland’s Lower Silesia

Diversity and abundance of soil macroinvertebrates along a contamination gradient in the Central Urals, Russia

Morphological parameters of hepatocytes in the European mole (Talpa europaea) and herb field mouse (Sylvaemus uralensis) under industrial pollution: Qualitative and quantitative assessment

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