Relationships between metal contents in soil and grass contaminated by different anthropogenic sources

Arambarri, I.; Garcı́a, Rosa; Millán, Esmeralda

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“…Metals were extracted for 1 hour from 1 g of soil by 10 ml of 0.05 m EDTA (Ure et al ., 1993) and by digestion of 1 g of soil with 4 ml of aqua regia for 15 minutes in a microwave oven (Kingston & Haswell, 1997). The former method gives good estimates of the availabilities of heavy metals to plants (Quevauviller et al ., 1997; Arambarri et al ., 1999). The aqua regia digestion procedure is judged adequate for analysing total recoverable metals in soils (Vercoutere et al ., 1995).…”

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Metals in urban soils of Sevilla: seasonal changes and relations with other soil components and plant contents

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Dı́az-Barrientos

Reinoso

et al. 2004

European J Soil Science

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Summary Soils of the urban area of Sevilla have been scarcely studied, especially concerning their concentrations of potentially toxic metals. A previous paper has shown that moderate pollution exists in soils from some public green areas of the city, and a common pattern was found in the distribution of the concentrations of some particular metals. The present paper is aimed at (i) determining possible seasonal changes in the measured concentrations; (ii) checking possible effects of the observed pollution on plant metal contents, and (iii) finding possible relations between metals by statistical techniques. Samples of 35 soils from the urban area of Sevilla were studied. Comparison with previous data shows that samples from a depth of 0–20 cm are representative of the measured soil properties for the city. We show that in most cases differences in the EDTA‐ and aqua regia‐extractable metal contents between autumn 2000 and summer 2001 are not significant. Only Zn shows significant decreases (P < 0.05), probably because it is more mobile than the other metals studied. Electrical conductivity and pH also show significant changes related to leaching of soluble salts. We found a strong association between ‘urban’ metals (as defined in the literature) and organic matter, as shown by factor analysis, whereas ‘non‐urban’ metals could be related to clay and carbonate contents, perhaps coming from the soil parent materials. The behaviour of the urban metals means that organic matter contributes to their accumulation, either by retention of the incoming metals from the atmosphere, dust or various human activities, or from addition of organic amendments that might provide significant amounts of such metals. Although concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn at several sites exceeded the limits established elsewhere as acceptable in residential areas, the values in the grass were less than those considered as normal in the literature. This implies that fairly large concentrations in the soil do not necessarily make metals more available.

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Metals in urban soils of Sevilla: seasonal changes and relations with other soil components and plant contents

Madrid

Dı́az-Barrientos

Reinoso

et al. 2004

European J Soil Science

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“…Thus, in GPC analyses they can only be directly detected in their free forms at relatively high concentrations by the most commonly used UV detectors. However, as soon as their complex with a suitable metal is formed the absorption can be enhanced [9][10][11][12]. This principle could be seemingly useful in the determination of chdating compounds in solution.…”

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Analytical methods applied in preparation of radiolabelled proteins and antibodies

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The concept of application of the radiolabelled antibodies in medicine has already proved its vitality. It is obvious that the synthesis and characterisation of intermediates and final products necessitate utilisation of wide variety of analytical methods. In this work we present our inceptive results we obtained in the development of chromatographic and spectrometric methods designated for routine analytical control of the synthetic procedure applicable in post-labelling synthesis of radiolabelled proteins/antibodies.

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The Uptake of Heavy Metals by Fruit Type Vegetables Grown in Selected Agricultural Areas

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Pakistan J. of Biological Sciences

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Relationships between metal contents in soil and grass contaminated by different anthropogenic sources

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Metals in urban soils of Sevilla: seasonal changes and relations with other soil components and plant contents

Metals in urban soils of Sevilla: seasonal changes and relations with other soil components and plant contents

Analytical methods applied in preparation of radiolabelled proteins and antibodies

The Uptake of Heavy Metals by Fruit Type Vegetables Grown in Selected Agricultural Areas

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