Seasonal variation of mercury concentration of ancient olive groves of Lebanon
Nagham Tabaja,David Amouroux,Lamis Chalak,François Fourel,Emmanuel Tessier,Ihab Jomaa,Milad El Riachy,and Ilham Bentaleb
Nagham Tabaja
University of Montpellier, UMR 5554 CNRS/IRD/EPHE, CC061 Montpellier, France
Faculty of Agronomy, Plant Production Department, The Lebanese
University, Dekwaneh, Lebanon
Plateforme de Recherche et d'Analyses en Sciences de
l'Environnement (PRASE), Ecole Doctorale de Sciences et Technologie,
Université Libanaise, Hadath, Lebanon
David Amouroux
Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S/UPPA, CNRS, PAU, France
Lamis Chalak
Faculty of Agronomy, Plant Production Department, The Lebanese
University, Dekwaneh, Lebanon
François Fourel
UMR CNRS 5023 LEHNA, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1,
Villeubanne, France
Emmanuel Tessier
Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, E2S/UPPA, CNRS, PAU, France
Ihab Jomaa
Department of Irrigation and Agrometeorology, Lebanese Agricultural
Research Institute (LARI), P.O. Box 287, Zahle, Lebanon
Milad El Riachy
Department of Olive and Olive Oil, Lebanese Agricultural Research
Institute (LARI), P.O. Box 287, Zahle, Lebanon
This study investigates the seasonality of the mercury (Hg) concentration of olive trees. Hg concentrations of foliage, stems, soil surface, and litter were analyzed on a monthly basis in ancient olive trees growing in two groves in Lebanon. Our study draws an adequate baseline for the eastern Mediterranean and for the region with similar climatic inventories on Hg vegetation uptake in addition to being a baseline for new studies on olive trees in the Mediterranean.
This study investigates the seasonality of the mercury (Hg) concentration of olive trees. Hg...
