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Barquero JI, Lorenzo S, Rivera S, González-Valoys AC, García-Ordiales E, Esbrí JM, Higueras P. Biogeochemical prospecting of metallic critical raw materials: soil to plant transfer in SW Ciudad Real Province, Spain. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:29536-29548. [PMID: 38580874 PMCID: PMC11058908 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33097-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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The soil-plant transfer of trace elements is a complex system in which many factors are involved such as the availability and bioavailability of elements in the soil, climate, pedological parameters, and the essential or toxic character of the elements. The present study proposes the evaluation of the use of multielement contents in vascular plants for prospecting ore deposits of trace elements of strategic interest for Europe. To accomplish this general goal, a study of the soil-plant transfer of major and trace elements using Quercus ilex as a study plant has been developed in the context of two geological domains with very different characteristics in geological terms and in the presence of ore deposits: the Almadén syncline for Hg and the Guadalmez syncline for Sb. The results have made it possible to differentiate geological domains not only in terms of individual elements, but also as a combination of major and trace elements using Factor Analysis. The bioconcentration factors have demonstrated the uptake of macronutrients and micronutrients in very high concentrations but these were barely dependent, or even independent of the concentrations in the soil, in addition to high values of this factor for Sb. The Factor Analysis allowed for the differentiation of geogenic elements from other linked to stibnite ore deposits (Sb, S, and Cu). This element (Sb) can be uptake by Quercus ilex via the root and from there translocating it to the leaves, showing a direct relation between concentrations in soil and plants. This finding opens the possibility of using Quercus ilex leaves for biogeochemical prospecting of geological domains or lithological types of interest to prospect for Sb deposits.
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- José Ignacio Barquero
- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Pl. Manuel Meca 1, 13400, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain
- Escuela de Ingeniería Minera E Industrial de Almadén, 13400, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Pl. Manuel Meca 1, 13400, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain
- Escuela de Ingeniería Minera E Industrial de Almadén, 13400, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Pl. Manuel Meca 1, 13400, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain
- IES Maestro Juan de Ávila, Ronda de Calatrava 1, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue, Dr. Víctor Levi Sasso University Campus, 0819-07289, Panamá City, Panamá
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- ISYMAResearch Group, Mining, Energy and Materials Engineering School, University of Oviedo, C/ Independencia 13, 33011, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Antonio Novais 12, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Pl. Manuel Meca 1, 13400, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain
- Escuela de Ingeniería Minera E Industrial de Almadén, 13400, Almadén, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Shtangeeva I. Temporal Variability of Gallium in Natural Plants. TOXICS 2023; 11:675. [PMID: 37624180 PMCID: PMC10458162 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11080675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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The aim of the research was to study the distribution of gallium (Ga) in rhizosphere soil and in plants growing under natural conditions in uncontaminated sites, with an emphasis on temporal fluctuations of Ga concentration in plants. For this purpose, two field experiments were conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019 and 2020, at two sites. Three widespread grasses (couch grass, plantain, and dandelion) were chosen for the experiments. ICP-MS analytical technique was applied for the determination of Ga. All plants were capable of accumulating Ga, but the uptake of Ga was different in different plant species, although the plants grew under the same conditions. It can be assumed that one of the main reasons for such differences was the belonging of the plants to different botanical classes, where biochemical processes can proceed differently. The concentration of Ga in plants and rhizosphere soil varied in the daytime. The daily fluctuations of Ga in different plant species were often completely different and did not resemble the temporal fluctuations of Ga in rhizosphere soil. These short-term variations were due to natural reasons and should be considered when collecting plant and soil samples.
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- Irina Shtangeeva
- Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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González-Valoys AC, Jiménez Salgado JU, Rodríguez R, Monteza-Destro T, Vargas-Lombardo M, García-Noguero EM, Esbrí JM, Jiménez-Ballesta R, García-Navarro FJ, Higueras P. An approach for evaluating the bioavailability and risk assessment of potentially toxic elements using edible and inedible plants-the Remance (Panama) mining area as a model. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2023; 45:151-170. [PMID: 34677729 PMCID: PMC9867682 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-021-01086-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mining affects the environment, particularly through the persistence of accumulation of tailings materials; this is aggravated under tropical climatic conditions, which favours the release of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) bioavailable to the local flora and fauna and supposing a risk to human health. The Remance gold mine (Panamá), exploited intermittently for more than 100 years, and has remained derelict for over 20 years. Within the area live farmers who carry out subsistence agriculture and livestock activities. The objective of this study has been to study the transference of PTEs in the local agricultural soil-plants system, with the goal of identifying their bioavailability to perform a human risk assessment. The results obtained of the Bioaccumulation coefficient in local plants show very weak to strong absorption of As (< 0.001-1.50), Hg (< 0.001-2.38), Sb (0.01-7.83), Cu (0.02-2.89), and Zn (0.06-5.32). In the case of Cu in grass (18.3 mg kg-1) and plants (16.9 mg kg-1) the concentrations exceed the maximum authorised value in animal nutrition for ruminants (10 mg kg-1). The risk to human health for edible plants exceeds the non-carcinogenic risk for rice, corn, cassava, and tea leaves for Sb (HQ 19.450, 18.304, 6.075, 1.830, respectively), the carcinogenic risk for Cu (CR = 2.3 × 10-3, 7.7 × 10 -4, 1.1 × 10-3, 1.0 × 10-3, respectively), and the carcinogenic risk for As in rice, corn and tea leaves (CR = 8 × 10-5, 3 × 10-5, 3 × 10-5, respectively). Urgent measures are needed to alleviate these effects.
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- Ana Cristina González-Valoys
- Centro Experimental de Ingeniería, Technological University of Panama, Vía Tocumen, 0819-07289, Panama City, Panama.
- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Castilla-La Mancha University, EIMI Almadén. Plaza Manuel Meca 1, Almadén, 13400, Ciudad Real, Spain.
- Department of Geology & Geochemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid, University City of Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Hidráulicas e Hidrotécnicas, Technological University of Panama, Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue, Dr. Víctor Levi Sasso University Campus, 0819-07289, Panama City, Panama
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- Dirección de Investigación, Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Postgrado y Extensión, Technological University of Panama, Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue, Dr. Víctor Levi Sasso University Campus, 0819-07289, Panama City, Panama
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- Departamento de Geotecnia, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Technological University of Panama, Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue, Dr. Víctor Levi Sasso University Campus, 0819-07289, Panama City, Panama
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- Facultad de Ingeniería de Sistemas Computacionales, Technological University of Panama, Ricardo J. Alfaro Avenue, Dr. Víctor Levi Sasso University Campus, 0819-07289, Panama City, Panama
- SNI-SENACYT Sistema Nacional de Investigación-Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Clayton, Ciudad del Saber Edif.205, 0816-02852, Panama City, Panama
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- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Castilla-La Mancha University, EIMI Almadén. Plaza Manuel Meca 1, Almadén, 13400, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Castilla-La Mancha University, EIMI Almadén. Plaza Manuel Meca 1, Almadén, 13400, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Geology & Geochemistry, Autonomous University of Madrid, University City of Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha University, Ronda de Calatrava n° 7, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Instituto de Geología Aplicada, Castilla-La Mancha University, EIMI Almadén. Plaza Manuel Meca 1, Almadén, 13400, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Palacio S, Cera A, Escudero A, Luzuriaga AL, Sánchez AM, Mota JF, Pérez‐Serrano Serrano M, Merlo ME, Martínez‐Hernández F, Salmerón‐Sánchez E, Mendoza‐Fernández AJ, Pérez‐García FJ, Montserrat‐Martí G, Tejero P. Recent and ancient evolutionary events shaped plant elemental composition of edaphic endemics: a phylogeny-wide analysis of Iberian gypsum plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 235:2406-2423. [PMID: 35704043 PMCID: PMC9545410 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The analysis of plant elemental composition and the underlying factors affecting its variation are a current hot topic in ecology. Ecological adaptation to atypical soils may shift plant elemental composition. However, no previous studies have evaluated its relevance against other factors such as phylogeny, climate or individual soil conditions. We evaluated the effect of the phylogeny, environment (climate, soil), and affinity to gypsum soils on the elemental composition of 83 taxa typical of Iberian gypsum ecosystems. We used a new statistical procedure (multiple phylogenetic variance decomposition, MPVD) to decompose total explained variance by different factors across all nodes in the phylogenetic tree of target species (covering 120 million years of Angiosperm evolution). Our results highlight the relevance of phylogeny on the elemental composition of plants both at early (with the development of key preadaptive traits) and recent divergence times (diversification of the Iberian gypsum flora concurrent with Iberian gypsum deposit accumulation). Despite the predominant phylogenetic effect, plant adaptation to gypsum soils had a strong impact on the elemental composition of plants, particularly on sulphur concentrations, while climate and soil effects were smaller. Accordingly, we detected a convergent evolution of gypsum specialists from different lineages on increased sulphur and magnesium foliar concentrations.
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- Sara Palacio
- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE‐CSIC)Av. Nuestra Señora de la Victoria 1622700JacaHuescaSpain
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE‐CSIC)Av. Nuestra Señora de la Victoria 1622700JacaHuescaSpain
- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals (BEECA), Secció de Botànica i Micologia, Facultat de BiologiaUniversitat de BarcelonaDiagonal 64308028BarcelonaSpain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química InorgánicaUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos28933Móstoles, MadridSpain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química InorgánicaUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos28933Móstoles, MadridSpain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química InorgánicaUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos28933Móstoles, MadridSpain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, CEI·MAR and CECOUALUniversidad de Almería04120AlmeríaSpain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, CEI·MAR and CECOUALUniversidad de Almería04120AlmeríaSpain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, CEI·MAR and CECOUALUniversidad de Almería04120AlmeríaSpain
- Departamento de Botánica, Unidad de Conservación VegetalUniversidad de Granada18071GranadaSpain
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE‐CSIC)Av. Nuestra Señora de la Victoria 1622700JacaHuescaSpain
- Botanika Saila, Sociedad de Ciencias AranzadiZorroagagaina 1120014Donostia‐San SebastianGipuzkoaSpain
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Chaplygin V, Mandzhieva S, Minkina T, Sushkova S, Kizilkaya R, Gülser C, Zamulina I, Kravtsova N, Lobzenko I, Chernikova N. Sustainability of agricultural and wild cereals to aerotechnogenic exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2021; 43:1427-1439. [PMID: 31522310 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-019-00411-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In recent decades, the problem of the constantly increasin level of anthropogenic load on the environment is becoming more and more acute. Some of the most dangerous pollutants entering the environment from industrial emissions are heavy metals. These pollutants are not susceptible to biodegradation over time, which leads to their accumulation in the environment in dangerous concentrations. The purpose of this work is to study the sustainability of cultivated and wild plants of the Poaceae family to aerotechnogenic pollution in the soil. The content of heavy metals in couch grass (Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski), meadow bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) and soft wheat (Triticum aestivum) plants grown in the impact zone of Novocherkassk Power Station has been analyzed. Contamination of cultivated and wild cereals with Pb, Zn, Ni and Cd has been established. It has been shown that the accumulation of heavy metals is individual for each plant species. An average and close correlation have been established between the total HM content and the content of their mobile forms in the soil and their content in plants. For the plants studied, the translocation factor (TF) and the distribution coefficient (DC) of HM have been calculated. The TF is formed by the ratio of the concentration of an element in the root plant dry weight to the content of its mobile compounds in the soil. The DC value makes it possible to estimate the capacity of the aboveground parts of plants to absorb and accumulate elements under soil pollution conditions and is determined as the ratio of the metal content in the aboveground biomass to its concentration in the roots. TF and DC values have shown a significant accumulation of elements by plants from the soil, as well as their translocation from the root system to the aboveground part. It has been revealed that even within the same Poaceae family, cultural species are more sensitive to man-made pollution than wild-growing ones.
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- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 344006
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- Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 344006
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Alekseenko VA, Shvydkaya NV, Alekseenko AV, Machevariani MM, Bech J, Pashkevich MA, Puzanov AV, Nastavkin AV, Roca N. Element Accumulation Patterns of Native Plant Species under the Natural Geochemical Stress. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:plants10010033. [PMID: 33375579 PMCID: PMC7824280 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A biogeochemical study of more than 20,000 soil and plant samples from the North Caucasus, Dzungarian Alatau, Kazakh Uplands, and Karatau Mountains revealed features of the chemical element uptake by the local flora. Adaptation of ore prospecting techniques alongside environmental approaches allowed the detection of geochemical changes in ecosystems, and the lessons learned can be embraced for soil phytoremediation. The data on the influence of phytogeochemical stress on the accumulation of more than 20 chemical elements by plants are considered in geochemical provinces, secondary fields of deposits, halos surrounding ore and nonmetallic deposits, zones of regional faults and schist formation, and over lithological contact lines of chemically contrasting rocks overlain by 5-20 m thick soils and unconsolidated cover. We have corroborated the postulate that the element accumulation patterns of native plants under the natural geochemical stress depend not only on the element content in soils and the characteristics of a particular species but also on the values of ionic radii and valences; with an increase in the energy coefficients of a chemical element, its plant accumulation decreases sharply. The contribution of internal factors to element uptake from solutions gives the way to soil phytoremediation over vast contaminated areas. The use of hyperaccumulating species for mining site soil treatment depends on several external factors that can strengthen or weaken the stressful situation, viz., the amount of bedrock exposure and thickness of unconsolidated rocks over ores, the chemical composition of ores and primary halos in ore-containing strata, the landscape and geochemical features of sites, and chemical element migration patterns in the supergene zone.
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- Vladimir A. Alekseenko
- Institute of Earth Sciences, Southern Federal University, 344006 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (V.A.A.); (A.V.N.)
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- Department of Botany and General Ecology, Kuban State Agrarian University, Krasnodar, 350004 Krasnodar Krai, Russia;
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- Department of Geoecology, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Department of Mineralogy, Crystallography, and Petrography, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08002 Barcelona, Spain; (J.B.); (N.R.)
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- Department of Geoecology, Saint Petersburg Mining University, 199106 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, Southern Federal University, 344006 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (V.A.A.); (A.V.N.)
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08002 Barcelona, Spain; (J.B.); (N.R.)
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Shtangeeva I, Vīksna A, Bērtiņš M, Ryumin A, Grebnevs V. Variations in the concentrations of macro- and trace elements in two grasses and in the rhizosphere soil during a day. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 262:114265. [PMID: 32142978 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The aim of the research was to study short-term variations in concentrations of 17 elements in two widely distributed natural plant species (couch grass and plantain) and in the rhizosphere soil of the plants. The plant and soil samples were collected in a field from a small site over a daytime. In the course of the day, the variations of the total amounts of C, N, and H in the rhizosphere soil were rather marked and different for the soils taken from roots of plantain and couch grass. The concentrations of some other elements in the rhizosphere soil of the plants varied in a similar way. The short-term variations of element concentrations in roots and leaves of the plants were also rather large. In many cases, a decrease of element concentration in roots correlated with an increase of its concentration in leaves. Although couch grass and plantain were collected simultaneously and from the same site, mean concentrations of many elements in the two plant species were statistically significantly different. This may be result of the fact that the plants belong to different clades. The differences between concentrations of most part of elements in roots and leaves of the plants were also statistically significant. The concentrations of many trace elements were higher in roots than in leaves, while the concentrations of essential plant nutrients were often higher in leaves compared to roots. The distribution of elements between different plant parts were not the same in couch grass and plantain.
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- Irina Shtangeeva
- Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg University, Universitetskaya nab.,7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Jelgavas street 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Jelgavas street 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia
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- Institute of Earth Sciences, St. Petersburg University, Universitetskaya nab.,7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Jelgavas street 1, LV-1004, Riga, Latvia
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