The Influence of Seabirds on the Concentration of Selected Heavy Metals in Organic Soil on the Bellsund Coast, Western Spitsbergen
| Autor: | Piotr Bartmiński, Marta Ziółek, Alfred Stach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Global and Planetary Change biology Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Phosphorus Soil organic matter chemistry.chemical_element Weathering Heavy metals 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences chemistry Denudation biology.animal Environmental chemistry Soil water Leaching (agriculture) Seabird Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 49:507-520 |
| ISSN: | 1938-4246 1523-0430 |
| Popis: | Seabirds are an important factor affecting the chemical properties of the arctic soil environment. The objective of this work was to study the differences in content and distribution of heavy metals in organic soils resulting from the differential influence of seabirds. Studies were conducted in two stations in the southwest part of Spitsbergen—the first without the influence of seabirds and the second directly affected by an avian colony. Basic properties of soils as well as total content of Ca, Na, Mg, K, Fe, Al, Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn, Pb, Cd, Co, and Cr were determined. Reference was made to the previously published contents of different forms of phosphorus (P) for these locations. The studies showed that Zn, Mn, Cu, and Cd contents were higher in the soils that had been in the vicinity of the seabird colony. High statistically positive correlations of Cd, Cu, and Zn were noted with particular P forms. In the case of Pb, Cr, Co, and Ni content, the seabird influence was not dominant; probably other factors were more relevant (the processes of weathering, denudation, leaching, and atmospheric pollutants transported in the form of dust or gases). Clear segregation was observed of individual positions conditioned by selected soil features and by heavy metals content. |
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