Articles | Volume 20, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-619-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-619-2023
Research article
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06 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 06 Feb 2023

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

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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.
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