Soil, bark and leaf trace metal loads related to the war legacy (The Prašnik rainforest, Croatia)

Authors

  • Ivana Mesić Kiš * ES kralja Tomislava, Ulica Matice hrvatske 1, 31 500 Našice ** PhD Student, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia
  • Bojan Karaica Hyla – Croatian Herpetological Society, Lipovac I 7, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia
  • Gordana Medunić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia
  • Marija Romić 3University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia
  • Jasenka Šabarić School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Andrija Štampar School of public health, Rockfellerova 4, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia
  • Dražen Balen University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia
  • Kristijan Šoštarko University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2016.2.2

Abstract

As a special forest vegetation reserve, the Prašnik rain forest is a highly protected area which owes its protection not only to a unique composition of trees, but also to its geographical position and, to an extent, historical events. It is situated on the Sava River left bank, north of the city of Stara Gradiška (cca. 3 km). The study area belongs to the southwestern part of Pannonian Basin, specifically the Sava Depression. The aim of this study was to assess a possible impact of war activities in Croatia (23 years ago) when numerous mines were laid in this region and to establish a major and trace metal baseline concentrations for future investigations. Ten topsoil (S) samples were taken randomly with adjacent vegetation (bark and leaves) at each site. Major and trace metal concentrations were measured for all three types of samples using the ICP method. Analysed soils are composed of quartz, micaceous mineral, 14Å mineral, plagioclase and mixed layer minerals. All metal values in the sample taken from an ex-mine crater are 2-4 times higher compared to other. Generally, positive statistically significant Kendall’s Tau correlation coefficients of trace metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn) were found for all combinations of the S (soil), B (bark), and L (leaf) groups. Such results indicate that the war activity have played a certain role in a distribution pattern of soil as well as vegetative trace metal levels.

Author Biographies

Ivana Mesić Kiš, * ES kralja Tomislava, Ulica Matice hrvatske 1, 31 500 Našice ** PhD Student, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

PhD student in Geology

Bojan Karaica, Hyla – Croatian Herpetological Society, Lipovac I 7, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

Geology engineer

Gordana Medunić, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

Associate Professor in Geology

Marija Romić, 3University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

Associate Professor in Soil Amelioration

Jasenka Šabarić, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Andrija Štampar School of public health, Rockfellerova 4, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

Head of laboratory for atomic spectroscopy and mass spectrometry

at Andrija Štampar School of public health

Dražen Balen, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

Full Professor in Geology

Kristijan Šoštarko, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Horvatovac 95, Zagreb, 10 000, Croatia

Geology student

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Published

2016-02-12

How to Cite

Mesić Kiš, I., Karaica, B., Medunić, G., Romić, M., Šabarić, J., Balen, D., & Šoštarko, K. (2016). Soil, bark and leaf trace metal loads related to the war legacy (The Prašnik rainforest, Croatia). Rudarsko-geološko-Naftni Zbornik, 31(2), 13–28. https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2016.2.2

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 2 (2016): No. 33

Section

Geology

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