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Among four plant species common to many regions of Hungary, tissue Hg contents were 4 to 20-fold higher in samples growing in the soils of Budapest on sedimentary formations than on volcanic soils of the Tihany Peninsula at Lake Balaton. The two soils have virtually the same Hg content. This anomalous finding may be explained by retention into the post-volcanic period by Balaton vegetation of a superior capability for detoxification using volatile Hg release.
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Siegel, S.M., Siegel, B.Z. & Okasako, J. A note on the anomalous mercury content of plants from the lake Balaton region and its relation to release of mercury vapor. Water Air Soil Pollut 15, 371–374 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00285050
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