Elemental Composition of Soils and Plants of the Western Taimyr
A. I. SYSO1, L. A. KOLPASHIKOV2, Y. V. ERMOLOV1, A. S. CHEREVKO1, T. I. SIROMLYA1
1Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry SB RAS, 630090, Novosibirsk, Lavrentyeva ave., 8/2
2United Administration for Taimyr Nature Reserves, 663302, Norilsk, Talnаkhskaya str., 22
Keywords: the Arctic, Taimyr, tundra, soil properties, plants, macro- and microelements, heavy metals, biogeochemistry, ecology
Abstract
The content of chemical elements in soils and plants collected from the tundra ecosystems of Western Taimyr (Russia) was studied to determine the factors influencing the chemical elements concentration in plants and soils. Naturally high Be, Cu, Mn, Nb, Ni, Pb, Sr, V, Zn contents were found in soils, most likely due to polymetallic ores deposits in the region. The increased accumulation of Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Cd by plants was also observed, which could be attributed to low soil pH and abundant soil water content.
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