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δ15N in Birch and Pine Leaves in the Vicinity of a Large Copper Smelter Indicating a Change in the Conditions of Their Soil Nutrition
δ13C and δ15N were analyzed in the leaves of Pinus sylvestris L. and Betula spp. under the conditions of severe heavy metal (Zn, Cu, Cd, and Pb) contamination. Twenty-seven plots located near the Karabash copper smelter (Russia) were studied. No reliable correlation of 13C in tree leaves with the level of pollution was observed. δ15N, both in Pinus sylvestris and Betula spp., increased similarly in polluted areas. δ15N was increased by 2.3‰ in the needles of Pinus sylvestris and by 1.6‰ in the leaves of Betula spp. in polluted plots compared to the background ones. The probable reasons for the increase in δ15N were estimated using multiple regression. The regression model, which includes two predictors: δ15N in the humus horizon and the occurrence of roots in the litter, explains 33% of the total variability of δ15N in leaves. Thus, in ecosystems polluted with heavy metals, the state of trees is determined not only by the direct toxic effects of heavy metals but also by indirect ones associated with the features of plant mineral nutrition. This fact opens the way to the search for opportunities to control the state of plants in disturbed ecosystems by regulating the content of mineral nutrition elements.
δ15N in Birch and Pine Leaves in the Vicinity of a Large Copper Smelter Indicating a Change in the Conditions of Their Soil Nutrition
δ13C and δ15N were analyzed in the leaves of Pinus sylvestris L. and Betula spp. under the conditions of severe heavy metal (Zn, Cu, Cd, and Pb) contamination. Twenty-seven plots located near the Karabash copper smelter (Russia) were studied. No reliable correlation of 13C in tree leaves with the level of pollution was observed. δ15N, both in Pinus sylvestris and Betula spp., increased similarly in polluted areas. δ15N was increased by 2.3‰ in the needles of Pinus sylvestris and by 1.6‰ in the leaves of Betula spp. in polluted plots compared to the background ones. The probable reasons for the increase in δ15N were estimated using multiple regression. The regression model, which includes two predictors: δ15N in the humus horizon and the occurrence of roots in the litter, explains 33% of the total variability of δ15N in leaves. Thus, in ecosystems polluted with heavy metals, the state of trees is determined not only by the direct toxic effects of heavy metals but also by indirect ones associated with the features of plant mineral nutrition. This fact opens the way to the search for opportunities to control the state of plants in disturbed ecosystems by regulating the content of mineral nutrition elements.
δ15N in Birch and Pine Leaves in the Vicinity of a Large Copper Smelter Indicating a Change in the Conditions of Their Soil Nutrition
Denis Veselkin (Autor:in) / Nadezhda Kuyantseva (Autor:in) / Aleksandr Mumber (Autor:in) / Darya Molchanova (Autor:in) / Daria Kiseleva (Autor:in)
2022
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
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