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<p>Forest fires are among the most significant disturbances on a global scale. Affecting biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles, forest fires play an important role in atmospheric chemical processes and the global carbon cycle. Using the example of the pyrogenic landscapes of the Samara region, this article reviews changes in the accumulation regularity of heavy metal content and its migration within a soil profile during pyrogenic soil formation. In the case of surface forest fires, the studied postpyrogenic soils are characterized by increased cadmium, nickel and zinc content in the Opyr pyrogenic horizon. In contrast, the content of all analyzed heavy metals decreases compared to the control for crown forest fires, indicating active element emissions into the atmosphere.</p>
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Forest fires are among the most significant disturbances on a global scale. Affecting biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles, forest fires play an important role in atmospheric chemical processes and the global carbon cycle. Using the example of the pyrogenic landscapes of the Samara region, this article reviews changes in the accumulation regularity of heavy metal content and its migration within a soil profile during pyrogenic soil formation. In the case of surface forest fires, the studied postpyrogenic soils are characterized by increased cadmium, nickel and zinc content in the Opyr pyrogenic horizon. In contrast, the content of all analyzed heavy metals decreases compared to the control for crown forest fires, indicating active element emissions into the atmosphere.

Estimation of heavy metals content and regularities of its migration within a soil profile during pyrogenic soil formation in the context of the Scotch pine forest in Togljatty city

Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Biology

Folia Oecologica

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Forest fires are among the most significant disturbances on a global scale. Affecting biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles, forest fires play an important...

Estimation of heavy metals content and regularities of its migration within a soil profile during pyrogenic soil formation in the context of the Scotch pine forest in Togljatty city

Published Online: Jul 26, 2023

Page range: 159 - 164

Received: Mar 14, 2023

Accepted: May 21, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2023-0014

Keywords
contamination index, demutation changes, heavy metal, postfire succession, postpyrogenic soil, total soil, Zc

© 2023 Ekaterina Chebykina et al., published by Sciendo

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

Estimation of heavy metals content and regularities of its migration within a soil profile during pyrogenic soil formation in the context of the Scotch pine forest in Togljatty city

Published Online: Jul 26, 2023

Page range: 159 - 164

Received: Mar 14, 2023

Accepted: May 21, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2023-0014

Keywordscontamination index, demutation changes, heavy metal, postfire succession, postpyrogenic soil, total soil, Zc

© 2023 Ekaterina Chebykina et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
contamination index, demutation changes, heavy metal, postfire succession, postpyrogenic soil, total soil, Zc