Baseline zinc content of soils and plants in Poland
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Springer Nature in Environmental Geochemistry and Health
- Vol. 11 (1) , 19-24
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01772068
Abstract
Topsoils from Poland were analysed for total and extractable zinc, and for a range of major elements and selected soil properties. Plant samples from the same locations were also analysed for zinc content. The geometric mean concentrations of zinc in samples were (mg/kg dry weight): soil total-Zn, 45.9; soil extractable-Zn 3.1; grass, 30.0; dandelion-tops, 45.9; dandelion-roots, 23.2; oat-leaves, 20.0; oat-grains, 29.7; lichens, 111.5. Significant relationships were found for zinc in grass and extractable-Zn in soils as well as for zinc in lichens and both total and extractable Zn in soils. Zinc in soils varied for soil kinds and regions.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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