Table 2 Concentration of Sr in soil and grass and corresponding Fv values.

From: Environmental transfer parameters of strontium for soil to cow milk pathway for tropical monsoonal climatic region of the Indian subcontinent

Details of the grass fields

Parameter

Sr concentration (mg kg-1, dry mass)

Fv

Soil

Grass

Experimental fiel d[36]a

Range

3.2–64.3

10.9–88.0

0.31–8.6

Mean

17.0

25.6

2.3

SDb

13.7

16.3

1.9

GM

12.6

22.4

1.7

GSDc

2.3

1.6

2.4

Median

14.4

20.2

1.8

Pasture lands [50]

Range

0.14–53.1

2.7–59.4

0.18–8.4

Mean

12.3

20.0

2.5

SD

12.3

14.6

2.1

GM

7.9

14.7

1.8

GSD

3.0

2.2

2.2

Median

7.7

15.1

1.5

Dairy farm [9]

Range

0.14—4.3

5.0–11.0

1.1–3.5

Mean

2.4

8.7

2.3

SD

2.1

3.2

1.7

GM

1.2

8.2

2.0

GSD

2.4

2.6

2.1

Median

2.8

10

2.3

  1. aValues within square brackets in column 1 represents the number of samples analyzed (soil and grass each).
  2. bSD denotes standard deviation.
  3. cGSD represents the geometric standard deviation (unitless).
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