TY - JOUR N2 - The investigation was carried out on forest soils collected from areas subject to variable pollution. The fraction of strontium was analyzed in soil samples from north-eastern Poland (Borki forest division), treated as a non-polluted region (natural background) and in soil samples from central (Rogów forest division) and south-western Poland (Świerklaniec forest division). The sequential extraction procedure was applied in this study to separate the fractions of strontium. Five fractions were analyzed in every genetic horizon according to the Tessier method. The concentration of strontium was also analyzed in the plants. Both results were compared in order to evaluate the mobility and bioavailability of the trace elements in the environment. The content, distribution and bioavailability of the strontium fractions were investigated with particular emphasis on the contaminated study sites. Total content of strontium in surface horizons depended on the localization. Among analysed fractions strontium, in organic soil horizons, regardless of localization, occurred predominantly in mobile fractions in all examined soils. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85883/PDF/10265-Volume39-Issue4-paper_10.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/85883 PY - 2013 IS - No 4 DO - 10.2478/aep-2013-0032 KW - Strontium fractions KW - soil KW - plants KW - bioaccumulation A1 - Jeske, Agnieszka A1 - Gworek, Barbara PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 39 DA - 2013 T1 - Content and Mobility of Strontium in Forest Soils According to North-South Transect in Poland UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/85883 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -