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Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management 10(2) (2022) 191--201 | DOI:10.5890/JEAM.2022.06.006

Olga A. Elchininova$^1$, Olga V. Kuznetsova$^{2}$, Tamara A. Rozhdestvenskaya$^{3}$, Maria G. Sukhova$^{1,4}$, Marina I. Kaiser$^{2}$

$^{1}$ Gorno-Altaisk Branch of the Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy

of Sciences, Barnaul, Russian Federation

$^{2}$ Department of Biology and Chemistry, Gorno-Altaisk State University, Gorno-Altaisk, Russian Federation

$^{3}$ Laboratory of Biogeochemistry of the Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch of the Russian

Academy of Science, Barnaul, Russian Federation

$^{4}$ Department of Geography, Gorno-Altaisk State University, Gorno-Altaisk, Russian Federation

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Abstract

Anthropogenic load leads to a negative impact on natural ecosystems. The behaviour of chemical elements in the natural environment depends on their quantity, as well as the intensity of the impact. Therefore, the main purpose of the study is to analyse biogenic and toxic elements in mountain tundra soils of the Teletskoye Lake basin (Altai Mountains). The study identified the most characteristic properties of mountain tundra soils: a strong degraded profile, the presence of icy permafrost, a significant accumulation of low-mineralised, high-ash organic matter of a fulvate nature in organogenic horizons, the absence of signs of podzolisation and gleying, a sub-acidic and acidic reaction of the environment, a relatively high absorption capacity. A negative correlation is found to be moderate between the reaction of the medium and the gross content of manganese, iron, zinc, and strong for copper. A positive moderate dependence with the humus content was found only for the total content of manganese and zinc, a positive strong one with the content of fine particles for the total content of iron and zinc. The average contents of biogenic and toxic elements in mountain tundra soils are within the bulk earth values and do not exceed the standardised indicators.

Acknowledgments

This study was carried out within the framework of the state assignment of the Institute for High Energy Problems SB RAS, with partial support of the RFBR grants (18-45-040008).

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