V. S. Anisimov, S. V. Fesenko, G. P. Glazunov, L. N. Anisimova, A. I. Sanzharov, S. V. Korovin, D. V. Krylenkin, Yu. N. Korneev, N. V. Novikova, M. V. Mezina, D. A. Zheltov
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Abstract
The ecological and toxicological assessment of the soil and plant cover of a key site in the Streletskaya Steppe in the V.V. Alekhin Central Chernozem Reserve is presented. The content of heavy metals (HMs) and radionuclides in typical chernozem is determined. The clarkes of concentration of HMs (Cc); geoaccumulation lithogeochemical indices (Igeo) for As, Cd, Co, Cs, Cu, K, Pb, Sr, Zn, 232Th, and 238U; and pollution indices (PI) for individual HMs in chernozem have been calculated. It is shown that the pedogeochemical background is higher in comparison with the lithosphere clarkes only for Cd and As. In may be concluded that soils are not polluted with the studied HMs, namely, As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn. The content of radionuclides (40K, 137Cs, 232Th, and 238U), HMs, and potassium in various types of natural steppe vegetation has been determined. Based on the plant accumulation coefficients of HMs and radionuclides, the biophilicity of radionuclides and HMs was estimated. The transfer factors (TFs) of 137Cs and 40K from soil to plants have been calculated, and a comparative analysis of the bioavailability of cesium and potassium during root uptake is performed. The vertical distribution of 137Cs and 40K radionuclides in the root-inhabited soil layer from 0- to 20-cm-thick is studied. It is shown that 40K is evenly distributed in the root-inhabited layer. The vertical distribution of 137Cs in the soil profile is characterized by the shift of the maximum from a depth of 0–5 to that of 5–10-cm. Based on the data obtained, the migration coefficient of 137Cs is calculated, taking into account the convective and diffusion components of the radionuclide translocation in typical chernozem.
期刊介绍:
Eurasian Soil Science publishes original research papers on global and regional studies discussing both theoretical and experimental problems of genesis, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, fertility, management, conservation, and remediation of soils. Special sections are devoted to current news in the life of the International and Russian soil science societies and to the history of soil sciences.
Since 2000, the journal Agricultural Chemistry, the English version of the journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences Agrokhimiya, has been merged into the journal Eurasian Soil Science and is no longer published as a separate title.