Root uptake dominates mercury accumulation in permafrost plants of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Mercury accumulation in alpine permafrost vegetation via root uptake increases with altitude relative to foliage uptake from the atmosphere, according to analyses of mercury concentrations and isotopic signatures in grass and soil profiles in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Xun Wang, Wei Yuan, Che-Jen Lin, Dingyong Wang, Ji Luo, Jicheng Xia, Wei Zhang, Feiyue Wang, Xinbin Feng
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
envir
geo
permafrost
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00619-y
https://doaj.org/article/663efa958f954ebf967581d5e97e2961
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Summary:Mercury accumulation in alpine permafrost vegetation via root uptake increases with altitude relative to foliage uptake from the atmosphere, according to analyses of mercury concentrations and isotopic signatures in grass and soil profiles in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

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