<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Wetlands around the upper part of the Ina valley are the area of great natural value, free from negative industrial impact. In the possible sources of contamination, we could include herbicides and artificial fertilisers from fields and meadows or municipal waste discharge from a small town Recz and local farms. The soils of wetlands, situated in the left part of the Ina valley near Sławęcin, were studied. Four characteristic profiles were made, from which soil samples were collected for laboratory analysis. In the soil samples, the content of organic matter and reaction in 1 mol KCl·dm<sup>-3</sup> were determined, whereas in mineral horizons, granulometric composition and the concentration of total and exchangeable forms of heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cu, Co, Zn, Fe). As a result of conducted studies, it was found that the soils of wetlands in the Ina valley near Sławęcin, do not exhibit contamination with heavy metals but their greater accumulation was observed in the surface muck layers than in fen peat and lower lying sediments.</p></abstract>

Wetlands around the upper part of the Ina valley are the area of great natural value, free from negative industrial impact. In the possible sources of contamination, we could include herbicides and artificial fertilisers from fields and meadows or municipal waste discharge from a small town Recz and local farms. The soils of wetlands, situated in the left part of the Ina valley near Sławęcin, were studied. Four characteristic profiles were made, from which soil samples were collected for laboratory analysis. In the soil samples, the content of organic matter and reaction in 1 mol KCl·dm-3 were determined, whereas in mineral horizons, granulometric composition and the concentration of total and exchangeable forms of heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cu, Co, Zn, Fe). As a result of conducted studies, it was found that the soils of wetlands in the Ina valley near Sławęcin, do not exhibit contamination with heavy metals but their greater accumulation was observed in the surface muck layers than in fen peat and lower lying sediments.

The concentration of heavy metals in soils around the wetlands of the Ina valley near Sławęcin / Koncentracja metali ciężkich w glebach mokradeł doliny Iny koło Sławęcina

Department of Soil Science, Grassland and Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, Słowackiego 17 St., 71-434 Szczecin

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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Wetlands around the upper part of the Ina valley are the area of great natural value, free from negative industrial impact. In the possible sources of...

The concentration of heavy metals in soils around the wetlands of the Ina valley near Sławęcin / Koncentracja metali ciężkich w glebach mokradeł doliny Iny koło Sławęcina

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 10 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2015-0025

Keywords
Ina valley river, wetlands, heavy metals, mucking process

© by Dariusz Paprota

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The concentration of heavy metals in soils around the wetlands of the Ina valley near Sławęcin / Koncentracja metali ciężkich w glebach mokradeł doliny Iny koło Sławęcina

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 10 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2015-0025

KeywordsIna valley river, wetlands, heavy metals, mucking process

© by Dariusz Paprota

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Ina valley river, wetlands, heavy metals, mucking process