Condition Assessment Industrially Contaminated Soils of Kuzbass by Bioindication

Abstract

This work evaluates the state of the soil that has undergone negative changes as a result of technogenic impacts, the presence of pollutants - heavy metals, considers the assessment of the state of the soil by the bioindication method. Shell amoebae, which are unicellular organisms, as well as earthworms and plants, were used as bioindicators. We also studied the ratio of the concentration of heavy metals in the soil to the distance of these soils from the source of heavy metals, and the seasonal dynamics of changes in the content of heavy metals in the soil. Using the method of stripping voltammetry, results were obtained on the presence of heavy metals in soil, earthworms and plants.