The Contents of Selected Risk Elements and Organic Pollutants in Soil and Vegetation within a Former Military Area |
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Authors: | Aneta Sládková Martina Havelcová Jana Najmanová Pavel Tlustoš |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic;2. Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the Czech Republic, Department of Materials and Materials Treatment, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | The contents of selected risk elements (As, Ba, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Sb, Ti, V, Zn), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and n-alkanes were determined in soils collected at the former military training base Milovice-Mladá (Czech Republic), where military activities were terminated in 1991. Seventeen soil samples were collected from the former tank shooting range called “Benátecký vrch” (area 16.2 ha) covered with herbaceous vegetation cover. No sample exceeding the threshold limits for maximum permissible limits of risk elements in soil was identified. The contents of organic pollutants in soil also did not pose a potential environmental risk. The risk element contents (especially Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in aboveground biomass of Dactylis glomerata (Poaceae), Hypericum perforatum (Hypericaceae), Galium verum (Rubiaceae), and Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) sampled close to the soil sampling points indicated, however, potential environmental damage originating from the municipal landfill covering a substantial part of the area since 1995. |
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Keywords: | Military area risk elements polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons mobility plant-availability |
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