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. 2023 Jun 19;12(12):2380. doi: 10.3390/plants12122380

Table 3.

The concentrations of tested elements (mg/kg DW) in samples of Arctic F. distichus (mean ± SD, n = 3).

Element LOQ Mean ± sd Range
(min–max)
St. 1 St. 2 St. 3 St. 4 St. 5 St. 6
Al 1.6 68.9 ± 37.5 33.3–126.2 58.7 ± 4.8 38.0 ± 2.8 103.4 ± 4.0 33.3 ± 1.2 53.7 ± 4.3 126.2 ± 18.9
As 6.3 32.4 ± 15.4 19.2–58.5 19.2 ± 3.3 27.2 ± 1.7 21.6 ± 0.7 58.5 ± 0.7 43.4 ± 2.9 24.7 ± 0.9
Ba 0.016 13.0 ±7.7 7.3–28.0 10.4 ± 0.2 7.3 ± 1.6 28.0 ± 0.2 14.0 ± 0.6 10.4 ± 0.2 7.9 ± 0.2
Ca 1.9 14,774 ± 5565 9490–25,476 15,029 ± 177 13,816 ± 509 12,037 ± 268 12,795 ± 255 25,476 ± 580 9490 ± 17
Cd 0.23 <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ
Co 0.12 1.8 ± 2.3 0.6–6.5 0.96 ± 0.02 0.71 ± 0.06 6.46 ± 0.02 1.03 ± 0.05 1.31 ± 0.01 0.62 ± 0.01
Cr 0.13 <LOQ < LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ
Cu 0.37 1.7 ± 1.1 0.6–3.2 3.23 ± 0.12 1.46 ± 0.09 2.86 ± 0.18 1.11 ± 0.24 0.97 ± 0.04 0.60 ± 0.01
Fe 0.098 214 ± 190 74–562 73.8 ± 10.7 112 ± 21 562 ± 15 97.1 ± 6.6 132 ± 19 310 ± 10
Mg 1.7 9304 ± 700 8400–10,222 10222 ± 124 9510 ± 31 9904 ± 171 9056 ± 20 8731 ± 67 8400 ± 28
Mn 0.058 45.8 ± 27.8 15.3–90.1 59.7 ± 1.7 15.3 ± 1.4 90.1 ± 4.4 32.7 ± 0.6 54.3 ± 0.3 22.8 ± 0.2
Ni 0.3 10.2 ± 1.1 <LOQ–10.9 <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ 9.5 ± 0.09 10.9 ± 0.04 <LOQ
Pb 4.6 <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ <LOQ
Rb 0.55 36.4 ± 12.8 22.5–54.1 54.1 ± 1.5 35.8 ± 0.7 49.8 ± 1.2 28.9 ± 0.9 22.5 ± 0.6 27.3 ± 3.0
Sr 0.026 875 ± 130 704–1051 828 ± 35 833 ± 21 1009 ± 30 1051 ± 32 828 ± 8 704 ± 9
Zn 0.17 33.8 ± 8.1 26.9–44.6 27.3 ± 1.0 27.7 ± 1.7 33.1 ± 0.5 42.9 ± 0.9 44.6 ±0.3 26.9 ±1.0

LOQ—limit of quantification; St. 1–St. 6—the sampling stations.