Trace elements and their potential risk assessment on polar ecosystem of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Enrichment ratio; Geo-accumulation index; Ornithogenic; Potential ecological risk index; Principal component analysis; East Antarctica; Larsemann Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16901; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00016770/

Antarctica is considered pristine despite the gradual emergence of certain pollutants (trace elements and PAHs) from various sources. Environmental matrices viz, soil, lichen, bryophytes, and epilithic mat were collected and analyzed for major and trace elements from Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica...