The Content of Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments of the Streams of the Sikhote…

The concentrations of heavy metals in the bottom sediments (fraction b0.1 mm) of streams of the Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve and streams draining the mines of the protective and transit zone of the reserve, as well as in the tailing material, was examined. The background ranges of the Fe, Cu, Ni, Zn, and Cd concentrations in bottom sediments of streams of the eastern and central Sikhote-Alin wer…