Heavy metal content in soil and plants from a pyrite mining area in Southwest Spain
Mineral content was measured in soils and leaves of eight woody plant species growing in a pyrite mining area in southwest Spain. The concentration of copper, manganese, zinc and aluminium in leaf tissues varied between species. The results are related to contrasting mechanisms, “excluders”; vs. “accumulators,”; of plant response to heavy metal stress. The lasting effects of pyrite melting activities on surrounding soil and plants were evaluated and compared with heavy metal values in a nearby forest.
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| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
1992
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| Subjects: | Mine soil, Pirite, Spain, Biological accumulation, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Aluminium, Inorganic analysis, Plant tissue, Soil pollution, Woody plant, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/54812 |
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| Summary: | Mineral content was measured in soils and leaves of eight woody plant species growing in a pyrite mining area in southwest Spain. The concentration of copper, manganese, zinc and aluminium in leaf tissues varied between species. The results are related to contrasting mechanisms, “excluders”; vs. “accumulators,”; of plant response to heavy metal stress. The lasting effects of pyrite melting activities on surrounding soil and plants were evaluated and compared with heavy metal values in a nearby forest. |
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