Warndt
Forest ecosystem between the industrial regions of the Saarland and Lorraine
The sub-area is located between the valley of the river Saar in the northeast and the industrial region of Lorraine.
The predominant soils in this area are periglacial floating soils of fine sands which are characterized by a low sorption capacity and high contaminant burdens. They are not suitable for agriculture. Instead the sub-area is covered by a large forest of beech, oak, spruce, pine, and larch with only three small towns (i.e., Ludweiler, Differten, and Lauterbach) and a few abandoned coal mines.
Search data
Sampling site
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Closed mixed forest
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The sampling site Warndt 2 is located in the forest district Warndtweiher at an altitude of 247 m.
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Important, old-industrialised conurbation in Germany.
Specimen
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A major primary producer in semi-natural and anthropogenic affected ecosystems.
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The roe deer is the most common of the larger herbivores (first order-consumer) to be found in the wild in Europe.
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Soil is livelihood and biosphere for humans, animals, plants and soil organisms. All the substances brought in are transported, transformed and/or accumulated in the soil.
Analytes
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Eighty percent of all elements on earth are metals
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Only eighteen elements in the periodic table
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Group of organic compounds with at least one covalently bonded chlorine atom
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Toxic and persistent organochloropesticide
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Several isomeric compounds among the group of chlorinated hydrocarbons
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Group of organic compounds with at least three condensed six-membered rings
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Organic compounds which are fully (per-) or partially (poly-) fluorinated
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Atoms of one element with different weights
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Flame retardants reduce the flammability of objects
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Additional information for the interpretation of contamination data
Sampling period
1985 - 2022