Assessment of mercury uptake by plants in former cinnabar mining areas

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F24%3A100210" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/24:100210 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60461373:22810/24:43930125

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/min14121211" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/min14121211</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/min14121211" target="_blank" >10.3390/min14121211</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessment of mercury uptake by plants in former cinnabar mining areas

Original language description

Assessment of the plant’s ability to take up mercury (Hg) from polluted soil was affected by location, plant family, and species in two former cinnabar mining areas in the Czech Republic. At each location, seven sampling points were marked out in the vicinity of former shafts and dumpsites connected to the mining activity, where representative soil samples and dicotyledonous plants were collected. The individual locations were characterized by specific plant communities, where, in most cases, different plant species were found within one family at both locations. The total Hg content in the soil, as well as gaseous elemental mercury (GEMsoil-air), confirmed elevated levels of this element in the mining-affected environment, with high variability of the data. The low Hg accumulation ability of plants, especially the low root–shoot translocation in most of the plant species, indicated the predominant occurrence of excluders. Among the families, the results showed the exceptional position of the Fabaceae family regarding soil Hg pollution, as the highest Hg content in both shoots and roots was determined for Onobrychis viciifolia. Therefore, the behavior of Fabaceae plants in polluted soil, the mechanisms of their tolerance to high Hg content, and their Hg accumulation ability deserve further research.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000845" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000845: Centre for investigation of synthesis and transformation of nutritional substances in the food chain in interaction with potentially harmful substances of athropogenic origin: assessment of contamination risks for the quality of production</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

MINERALS

ISSN

2075-163X

e-ISSN

2075-163X

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

1-17

UT code for WoS article

001384914800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85213222568