Table 3.

Geometric means (geometric standard deviations) of element concentrations (mg kg⁻¹) in soil (S) at beetle sampling points, beetles (B) and beetle-to-soil concentration ratios (CR)

Element	S (n = 69)	B (n = 29)	CR
Ag	0.13 (1.53)	0.03 (1.39)	0.19 (1.39)
Al	6952 (1.45)	16.2 (1.77)	0.002 (1.77)
As	1.11 (1.41)	< 0.05	n.a
B	3.22 (1.39)	548 (1.48)	160 (1.49)
Ba	58.2 (1.55)	2.39 (1.55)	0.04 (1.55)
Be	0.18 (1.71)	< 0.1	n.a
Bi	< 0.1	< 0.1	n.a
Ca	3102 (1.45)	527 (1.22)	0.15 (1.22)
Cd	0.11 (1.78)	0.22 (1.97)	1.51 (1.97)
Co	4.00 (1.48)	0.14 (1.72)	0.03 (1.72)
Cr	14.7 (1.51)	< 0.5	n.a
Cu	15.5 (2.00)	13.6 (1.31)	0.63 (1.31)
Fe	11,758 (1.63)	61.7 (1.28)	0.005 (1.28)
K	1160 (1.41)	3727 (1.27)	3.02 (1.27)
Li	5.94 (1.96)	0.17 (1.46)	0.02 (1.46)
Mg	2683 (1.76)	727 (1.11)	0.24 (1.11)
Mn	180 (1.67)	43.7 (1.84)	0.21 (1.84)
Mo	1.46 (2.91)	0.85 (3.05)	0.25 (3.05)
Na	144 (1.35)	4366 (1.26)	29.1 (1.26)
Ni	10.4 (1.53)	0.55 (1.51)	0.05 (1.51)
P	660 (1.54)	4704 (1.12)	6.24 (1.12)
Pb	11.3 (1.89)	< 0.05	n.a
Rb	15.9 (1.47)	2.53 (1.41)	0.15 (1.41)
S	535 (2.09)	3187 (1.08)	4.39 (1.08)
Sb	< 0.02	< 0.02	n.a
Se	< 0.5	< 0.5	n.a
Si	344 (1.19)	59.1 (1.44)	0.17 (1.44)
Sr	22.5 (1.39)	2.59 (1.41)	0.11 (1.41)
Th	2.17 (1.42)	< 0.02	n.a
Ti	1070 (1.42)	1.46 (1.82)	0.001 (1.83)
Tl	0.15 (1.58)	0.01 (1.51)	0.06 (1.51)
U	2.64 (3.96)	0.01 (2.06)	0.001 (2.06)
V	31.5 (1.68)	< 0.1	n.a
Zn	32.4 (1.51)	101 (1.13)	2.81 (1.13)

Arithmetic means of the soil concentrations were used for calculation of the CR values

n.a. = value is not available because element concentration in beetles or soil was below detection limit