Open AccessHeavy metal pollution of ecosystem components in the area of copper-nickel sulfide ore occurrences "Elanskoe" and "Elkinskoe" of Novokhopersk district, Voronezh region
Author(s) -
D. O. Kharchenko,
Nikolay Kharchenko,
Яицких,
Marina Yaitskikh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lesotehničeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2222-7962
DOI - 10.12737/3345
Subject(s) - copper , nickel , sulfide , herbaceous plant , environmental chemistry , metal , heavy metals , pollution , environmental science , chemistry , metallurgy , ecosystem , botany , ecology , biology , materials science
The result of floristic survey of test areas was fixing of growth of eighty-one species of herbaceous plants from 28 families, including 1 species listed in the Red Book of Russia and 1 species listed in the Red Book of Voronezh Region. Analysis of concentration of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni) and lead (Pb) in soil and plant samples did not reveal maximum permissible concentration. Samples of analyzed plant of shelter belts and agrocenoses have the highest storage capacity of heavy metals (Cu – 3.3-3.6 mg / kg, Ni – 0.4-0.45 mg / kg, Pb – 0.05 mg / kg), virgin meadows - the smallest (Cu – 1.1 mg / kg, Ni – 0.11 mg / kg, Pb – traces).