Agroecological peculiarities of technogenic pollution of soils and vegetation in the impact zone of Lebedinsky mining and processing enterprise

Abstract

Soil contaminated with heavy metals is of little or no use to most living organisms. Even if the soil does not become lifeless, the biocenoses formed on it are characterised by small biomass volume, low speed of biological processes, narrow species composition (biodiversity), weak stability, etc. In addition, agricultural products obtained on contaminated soils are often simply toxic, due to the increased content of heavy metals. We have investigated the impact of Lebedinsky mining and processing plant on the state of soil and vegetation in the zone of its operation. On the large factual material, the regularities of spatial variation are revealed and the character of statistical distribution of heavy metals content in soils and plants of agricultural crops in the technogenic landscape is established.