Contamination of the soil and water environment by heavy metals in the former mining area of Rudňany (Slovakia)

Abstract

Angelovičová L., Fazekašová D. (2014): Contamination of the soil and water environment by heavy metals in the former mining area of Rudňany (Slovakia). Soil & Water Res., 9: 18-24.

Assessing the effect of heavy metals from the Novocherkassk power station emissions on the biological activity of soils in the adjacent areas

“…Inverse correlations were observed between the content of loosely bound metals and the activity of urease in alluvial and meadow-alluvial soils. Similar correlations between the activity of urease and the contents of mobile HMs in the soils of technogenically modified landscapes were earlier reported by other authors (Acosta-Martínez et al, 2007;Angelovičová and Fazekašová, 2014;Brockett et al, 2012;Hagmann et al, 2015).…”

Spatial Distribution of Selected Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments of the EEZ of the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

“…Most of the metals showed a weak correlation between each other (0 < < 0.49, < 0.05) indicating different sources. Meanwhile, Fe shows a negative correlation with Mn ( = −0.18, < 0.05) suggesting that both metals maybe originated from different sources [35] or due to the pH-redox sensitive nature of these two major elements their postdepositional concentrations are subject to alteration by the complex biochemical processes. The statistical analysis of one-way ANOVA shows a significant difference in concentration between studied heavy metals.…”

Determination of Elements in Wild Edible Mushrooms: Levels and Risk Assessment

“…Particularly, wild growing mushrooms play an important role in the cycle of organic matter and trace element because they are able to degrade the organic substrate (saprophytic fungi) and/or coexist with the host organism (mycorrhizal fungi) and thus close the biological cycle in the forest ecosystem (Gupta et al, 2014;Petkovšek and Pokorny, 2013;Ouzouni et al, 2009). In combination with their characteristic high bioaccumulative capacity for risk elements (mainly saprophytic fungi) they reduce the content of xenobiotics in other environmental compartments (Árvay et al, 2017;Kojta et al, 2016;Stefanović et al, 2016;Angelovičová and Fazekašová 2014) at the expense of increasing content of the contaminants in their fructification organs (Slávik et al, 2013). Many studies show that the quality of the environment is a significant factor affecting the content of the risk elements in the above-ground parts of mushrooms, as well as plants and/or products (Falandysz 2017;Širić et al, 2017;Stanovič et al, 2016;Mleczek et al, 2015;Árvay et al, 2014;Tomáš et al, 2014;Mleczek et al, 2013).…”