Research Article

Assessment of Mercury-Polluted Soils Adjacent to an Old Mercury-Fulminate Production Plant

Table 2

Mercury concentration of surface horizons and of leaf tissues of three different species taken at different sites in the contaminated area, except site 1, which is a noncontaminated site located 300 km away from the study area but under similar climatic conditions.

Site 1Site 2Site 3Site 4Site 5Site 6Site 7Site 8

Soil0.0314.7828.237.611518160714465
fern0.71 3.143.364.7612.3712.6712.26
Rubus sp.0.330.330.450.570.992.75n.a.2.34
Acer sp.0.75n.a.0.370.39n.a.1.890.732.43

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