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Remediation of the technogenic barrens around the Pechenganikel works on the Kola Peninsula resulted in the improvement of the soil properties, namely, in a decrease in acidity and enrichment with nutrients, which continued for several years. However, the reaction of most of the treated soils remained strongly acid, and the concentrations of available calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus were much lower than their background levels and the demands of the plants for nutrients (especially, for magnesium and potassium). The soils were depleted in available manganese and zinc. Most of the treated soils contained the same (or higher) amounts of available nickel and copper compounds in comparison with their untreated analogues. The willow plantations on the remediated plots were in a satisfactory state, but they experienced a deficit of magnesium, manganese, and zinc; they consumed elevated amounts of nickel and copper. Recommendations on the nutrient regime of the soils aimed at decreasing the mobility and biological availability of heavy metals were made.
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Original Russian Text © G.N. Koptsik, S.V. Koptsik, I.E. Smirnova, 2013, published in Pochvovedenie, 2013, No. 10, pp. 1263–1273.
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Koptsik, G.N., Koptsik, S.V. & Smirnova, I.E. Efficiency of remediation of technogenic barrens around the Pechenganikel works in the Kola Subarctic. Eurasian Soil Sc. 47, 519–528 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229314050081
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