2019 Ecosystem Transformation 2 (1), 18–27
Effect of forest fire on mercury content in soddy podburs of typical forest-steppe environments (Voronezh region, Russia)
Yuri G. Udodenko , Viktor T. Komov , Yuliya S. Gorbunova , Tatyana A. Devyatova
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-180413Volume: 2
Number: 1
Pages: 18–27
Received: 13.04.2018
Accepted: 14.09.2018
Available online: 17.02.2019
Published: 15.03.2019
ISSN 2619-094X Print
ISSN 2619-0931 Online
The influence of forest fire on the gross mercury content in soddy podburs formed in typical foreststeppe conditions is studied. The metal concentration in the soils of the control area not affected by the fire is 0.063 ± 0.045 mg/kg at a depth of 0–10 cm, compared to 0.041 ± 0.008 mg/kg in soils of the burnt forest area. The relationship between the content of organic carbon and the amount of mercury in the top 20 cm of the soil profile of burnt areas has not been established (r = 0.26; p = 0.19). In the soils of the control plot, on the contrary, these indicators showed a significant positive correlation (r = 0.74; p ≤ 0.05). The estimated amount of mercury released from the soil during a fire is 3 mg/m2 . The area of forest affected by fires in 2010 in the Voronezh Region was 15,910 ha. Thus, the amount of mercury released into the atmosphere as a result of the combustion of the upper soil layer is estimated at 477.3 kg.
Yuri G. Udodenko
Cherepovets State University
pr. Lunacharskogo 5, Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, 162600 Russia
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl region, 152742 Russia
PhD in Biology, research scientist
udu@mail.ru
Viktor T. Komov
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, principal research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region, 152742 Russia
Cherepovets State University
Pr. Lunacharskogo 5, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600
Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor
vkomov@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru
Yuliya S. Gorbunova
Voronezh State University, assistant of the department
Universitetskaya pl. 1, Voronezh, Voronezh Region, 394018 Russia
PhD in Biology
Tatyana A. Devyatova
Voronezh State University, head of the department
Universitetskaya pl. 1, Voronezh, Voronezh Region, 394018 Russia
Doctor of Science in Biology, Professor
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Keywords: cinder, Usman Forest, soil organic carbon, exchange cations
For citation: Udodenko, Yu.G., Komov, V.T., Gorbunova, Yu.S., Devyatova, T.A., 2019. Effect of forest fire on mercury content in soddy podburs of typical foreststeppe environments (Voronezh region, Russia). Ecosystem Transfromation 2 (1), 18–27.