Dübener Heide Mitte
Important woodland and area for recreation for the conurbation Halle/Leipzig
The sub-area lies in the Nature Park Dübener Heide in the northwest of Saxony and the southeast of Saxony-Anhalt. It covers an area of about 90 km2. In the north and east it is bordered by the Elbe and in the west by the river Mulde.
The Dueben Heath is one of the largest contiguous forests in the region and an important recreational area of the Halle/Leipzig conurbation. The natural vegetation consisted of sessile oak-hornbeam forests and pine-birch-common oak forests. However, nowadays pure pine stands dominate in most areas. At sites near the groundwater level alder-ash and alder forests can be found. Further valuable habitats of the Dueben Heath include extensive low moors and transitional moors.
Deposits of fly ash and emissions of flue gas from the nearby industrial region around Halle, Leipzig and Bitterfeld have affected large parts of the forest in the nature park Dübener Heide. In former GDR times, the contamination of the pine forests in the west and central Dueben Heath was characterized by very high levels of electrolytes, sulphur and calcium.
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Search data
Sampling site
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Sampling site of bream in the river Mulde
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The sampling site Revier Lutherstein is located in a forestal area at an altitude of 180 m.
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Region in the chemical triangle of Central Germany
Specimen
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Bioindicator in rivers and lakes
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Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase
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A major primary producer in semi-natural and anthropogenic affected ecosystems.
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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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Organic substances with at least one metall atom
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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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Chemical agents against harmful organisms and for plant protection
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Organic compounds which are fully (per-) or partially (poly-) fluorinated
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Class of synthetic fragrances
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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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Cyclic methylsiloxanes with persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic properties in the environment
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Additional information for the interpretation of contamination data
Sampling period
1991 - 2023