Potentially toxic elements and rare earth elements in plants from the Lake Kalimanci bank (ne Republic of Macedonia)

Vrhovnik, Petra and Dolenec, Matej and Serafimovski, Todor and Tasev, Goran and Vovk Korže, Ana (2017) Potentially toxic elements and rare earth elements in plants from the Lake Kalimanci bank (ne Republic of Macedonia). Geologica Macedonica, 31 (2). pp. 131-141. ISSN 0352-1206

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Abstract

Potentially toxic elements (PTE) and rare earth elements (REE) are often increased in the environment, especially nearby active or abandoned mines. While NE Macedonia is very rich with metal ore bodies also elevated pollution is expected in the surrounding ecosystems. NE part of the country is also very important agricultural area where several food crops are being produced and consequently water from local lakes and rivers is being used for irrigation. In present paper we have focused on different plant species growing on the Lake Kalimanci bank. All plant
species were analyzed for PTE and REE. Results revealed that the PTEs (Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, As and Cd) in the studied
plant species show great enhancement in all samples and also exceed the recommended and allowable limits. Meanwhile
REEs reflect a very similar range among all samples. Generally, all REEs were in the safe range, according to
currently known regulations.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User: Goran Tasev
Date Deposited: 25 Dec 2017 12:09
Last Modified: 25 Dec 2017 12:09
URI: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/18824

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