SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA)
As a special forest vegetation reserve, the Prašnik rain forest is a highly protected area which owes its protection not only to a unique composition of trees, but also to its geographical position and, to an extent, historical events. It is situated on the Sava River left bank, north of the city of...
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| author | Ivana Mesić Kiš Bojan Karaica Gordana Medunić Marija Romić Jasenka Šabarić Dražen Balen Kristijan Šoštarko |
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| description | As a special forest vegetation reserve, the Prašnik rain forest is a highly protected area which owes its protection not only to a unique composition of trees, but also to its geographical position and, to an extent, historical events. It is situated on the Sava River left bank, north of the city of Stara Gradiška (cca. 3 km). The study area belongs to the southwestern part of Pannonian Basin, specifically the Sava Depression. The aim of this study was to assess a possible impact of war activities in Croatia (23 years ago) when numerous mines were laid in this region and to establish a major and trace metal baseline concentrations for future investigations. Ten topsoil (S) samples were taken randomly with adjacent vegetation (bark and leaves) at each site. Major and trace metal concentrations were measured for all three types of samples using the ICP method. Analysed soils are composed of quartz, micaceous mineral, 14Å mineral, plagioclase and mixed layer minerals. All metal values in the sample taken from an ex-mine crater are 2-4 times higher compared to other. Generally, positive statistically significant Kendall’s Tau correlation coefficients of trace metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn) were found for all combinations of the S (soil), B (bark), and L (leaf) groups. Such results indicate that the war activity have played a certain role in a distribution pattern of soil as well as vegetative trace metal levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-247e0625008040e7a5b23889a4b053fd2023-09-02T23:01:17ZengFaculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum EngineeringRudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornik0353-45291849-04092016-06-01312132810.17794/rgn.2016.2.2SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA)Ivana Mesić Kiš0Bojan Karaica1Gordana Medunić2Marija Romić3Jasenka Šabarić4Dražen Balen5Kristijan Šoštarko6ES kralja Tomislava, Ulica Matice hrvatske 1, 31 500 Našice; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia Hyla – Croatian Herpetological Society, Lipovac I 7, Zagreb, 10 000, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Andrija Štampar School of public health, Rockfellerova 4, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, CroatiaAs a special forest vegetation reserve, the Prašnik rain forest is a highly protected area which owes its protection not only to a unique composition of trees, but also to its geographical position and, to an extent, historical events. It is situated on the Sava River left bank, north of the city of Stara Gradiška (cca. 3 km). The study area belongs to the southwestern part of Pannonian Basin, specifically the Sava Depression. The aim of this study was to assess a possible impact of war activities in Croatia (23 years ago) when numerous mines were laid in this region and to establish a major and trace metal baseline concentrations for future investigations. Ten topsoil (S) samples were taken randomly with adjacent vegetation (bark and leaves) at each site. Major and trace metal concentrations were measured for all three types of samples using the ICP method. Analysed soils are composed of quartz, micaceous mineral, 14Å mineral, plagioclase and mixed layer minerals. All metal values in the sample taken from an ex-mine crater are 2-4 times higher compared to other. Generally, positive statistically significant Kendall’s Tau correlation coefficients of trace metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn) were found for all combinations of the S (soil), B (bark), and L (leaf) groups. Such results indicate that the war activity have played a certain role in a distribution pattern of soil as well as vegetative trace metal levels.http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=230973major metalstrace metalswarprotected areaPrašnik |
| spellingShingle | Ivana Mesić Kiš Bojan Karaica Gordana Medunić Marija Romić Jasenka Šabarić Dražen Balen Kristijan Šoštarko SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA) Rudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornik major metals trace metals war protected area Prašnik |
| title | SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA) |
| title_full | SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA) |
| title_fullStr | SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA) |
| title_full_unstemmed | SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA) |
| title_short | SOIL, BARK AND LEAF TRACE METAL LOADS RELATED TO THE WAR LEGACY (THE PRAŠNIK RAINFOREST, CROATIA) |
| title_sort | soil bark and leaf trace metal loads related to the war legacy the prasnik rainforest croatia |
| topic | major metals trace metals war protected area Prašnik |
| url | http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=230973 |
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