Environmental Feasibility of Forest Reclamation of Mining Dumps of the Western Donbass

Authors

  • Vasiliy Zverkovsky 1Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University pr. Gagarina, 72, Dnipro, 49000, Ukraine.
  • Mykola Kharytonov 2Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University S. Yephremova Street, 25, Dnіpro, 49000, Ukraine
  • Iryna Klimkina 3National Mining University pr. Dmytra Yavornytskoho, 19, Dnіpro, 49000, Ukraine.
  • Svitlana Sytnyk 2Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University S. Yephremova Street, 25, Dnіpro, 49000, Ukraine
  • Viktoriia Lovynska 2Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University S. Yephremova Street, 25, Dnіpro, 49000, Ukraine
  • Svitlana Mykolenko 2Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian and Economic University S. Yephremova Street, 25, Dnіpro, 49000, Ukraine
  • Giovani Pardini University of Girona Aurelia Capmany, 61, 17003 Girona, Spain.
  • Eva Margui University of Girona Aurelia Capmany, 61, 17003 Girona, Spain.

Keywords:

mine rock, trees species, reclamation, heavy metals

Abstract

The content of heavy metals in different structure elements from aboveground phytomass and of some tree species on the mining rock within the Steppe of Ukraine was analyzed. The investigation values of aboveground phytomass for experimental cultures on the recultivation plot were better than for those growing on the mine rock. Heavy metals accumulation by the functional parts of plants largely depended on soil or substrate contamination rate. The concentration of manganese decreased in the leaves of the trees in the reclamation site in comparison with the trees grown on the mine dump.

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2018-05-08