Ostseite (Belauer See)
East side (Lake Belau)
Photo: UPB-Projektgruppe Trier
Hedgerows, grassland, and grazing land
The sampling sites for beech and earthworms are located on the east side of Lake Belau. The sampling site for beech covers the whole sub-area WEG Belauer See and includes all beeches in hedgerows which are at least 40 years old.
The sampling site for earthworms is limited to areas which are at the east side of Lake Belau and meet the following criteria:
- it is used as grassland or grazing land,
- the vegetation belongs to the Cynosurion association (grazing land with crested dog’s tail (Cynosurus cristatus) as one of the dominating plants),
- the soil is a cambisol,
- the area is not sloping to the lake.
Recommended analysis examples
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Sub-area dominated by stretches of water in the young moraine landscape of East Holstein
Specimen
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As the most dominant deciduous tree species in Central Europe, it plays a significant role in most nearly natural and also anthropogenically influenced forest ecosystems up to an altitude of 1100 m.
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As an organism living at ground level, it is a major driver of the decomposition of organic material (e.g. plant litter).
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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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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Salts of perchloric acid
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Additional information for the interpretation of contamination data
Sampling period
1989 - 2021