Research Article

Assessment of Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in Metropolitan Zone of Toluca Valley, Mexico, Using the Biomonitoring Technique in Mosses and TXRF Analysis

Table 5

Mean concentration in reference soils at the Metropolitan Zone of the Toluca Valley.

Concentration in mg kg−1
ElementMean

K6633
Ca19563
Ti3767
V95
Cr51
Mn852
Fe30968
Ni30
Cu12
Zn86
RbNR
SrNR
Pb15

NR: not reported; Soil: values obtained from Tejeda et al., 2012 [34].