title: Effect of fire on pools of mercury in forest soil, Central Europe.
abstract: In year 2006, 17.9 ha of forest was burned during a forest fire at the Bohemian Switzerland National Park found in northern part of Czech Republic (CR), central Europe. Complete combustion of organic soil (4,039 t) on the burned area caused volatilization of 1.34 +/- 0.07 kg of Hg. Thus Hg emissions due to fire amounted to 75.1 g ha(-1). The average burned forested areas in CR for the period 2000-2006 were reported at 356 ha with estimated Hg emissions at 26.7 kg year(-1), while the average anthropogenic emissions in the same period amounted to 3 t year(-1). Thus estimated mean emissions of Hg from burned forest soil in the period 2000-2006 reached 1% of the annual anthropogenic Hg emissions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Geology, Academy of Science, Rozvojová 269, 165 02, Prague 6, Czech Republic. navratilt@gli.cas.cz
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Navrátil
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hojdová
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rohovec
authors.forename: Vít
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Penízek
authors.forename: Zuzana
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Varilová
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D005390:Fires; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014197:Trees; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D008628:Mercury