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  • 1
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Environmental Pollution 84 (1994), S. 131-138 
    ISSN: 0269-7491
    Schlagwort(e): air pollution ; bioindicators ; element ratios ; geochemical relations ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Thema: Energietechnik
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  • 2
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Environmental Pollution 86 (1994), S. 83-88 
    ISSN: 0269-7491
    Schlagwort(e): Manila Bay ; heavy metals ; historical trend of pollution ; marine sediment ; riverine sediment
    Quelle: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 3
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Environmental Pollution 83 (1994), S. 341-349 
    ISSN: 0269-7491
    Schlagwort(e): Antarctica ; distribution ; heavy metals ; inter-metal correlation ; seals
    Quelle: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Thema: Energietechnik
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  • 4
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Risk analysis 18 (1998), S. 563-573 
    ISSN: 1539-6924
    Schlagwort(e): Risk assessment ; mourning doves ; hunting ; radionuclides ; heavy metals ; lead shot ; cesium
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Recreational and subsistence hunters and anglers consume a wide range of species, including birds, mammals, fish and shellfish, some of which represent significant exposure pathways for environmental toxic agents. This study focuses on the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Savannah River Site (SRS), a former nuclear weapons production facility in South Carolina. The potential risk of contaminant intake from consuming mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), the most popular United States game bird, was examined under various risk scenarios. For all of these scenarios we used the mean tissue concentration of six metals (lead, mercury, cadmium, selenium, chromium, manganese) and radiocesium, in doves collected on and near SRS. We also estimated risk to a child consuming doves that had the maximum contaminant level. We used the cancer slope factor for radiocesium, the Environmental Protection Agencies Uptake/Biokinetic model for lead, and published reference doses for the other metals. As a result of our risk assessments we recommend management of water levels in contaminated reservoirs so that lake bed sediments are not exposed to use by gamebirds and other terrestrial wildlife. Particularly, measures should be taken to insure that the hunting public does not have access to such a site. Our data also indicate that doves on popular hunting areas are exposed to excess lead, suggesting that banning lead shot for doves, as has been done for waterfowl, is desirable.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1572-9729
    Schlagwort(e): bioremediation ; heavy metals ; metal availability ; organic matter ; pyrite ; sulphide oxidation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Energietechnik , Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
    Notizen: Abstract A field experiment, lasting 14 months, was carried out in order to assess the effect of organic amendment and lime addition on the bioavailability of heavy metals in contaminated soils. The experiment took place in a soil affected by acid, highly toxic pyritic waste from the Aznalcóllar mine (Seville, Spain) in April 1998. The following treatments were applied (3 plots per treatment): cow manure, a mature compost, lime (to plots having pH 〈 4), and control without amendment. During the study two crops of Brassica juncea were grown, with two additions of each organic amendment. Throughout the study, the evolution of soil pH, total and available (DTPA-extractable) heavy metals content (Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, Pb and Cd), electrical conductivity (EC), soluble sulphates and plant growth and heavy metal uptake were followed. The study indicates that: (1) soil acidification, due to the oxidation of metallic sulphides in the soil, increased heavy metal bioavailability; (2) liming succeeded in controlling the soil acidification; and (3) the organic materials generally promoted fixation of heavy metals in non-available soil fractions, with Cu bioavailability being particularly affected by the organic treatments.
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  • 6
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Biodegradation 3 (1992), S. 161-170 
    ISSN: 1572-9729
    Schlagwort(e): bioremediation ; cadmium ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Energietechnik , Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
    Notizen: Abstract Cadmium pollution arises mainly from contamination of minerals used in agriculture and from industrial processes. The usual situation is of large volumes of soil and water that are contaminated with low — but significant — concentrations of cadmium. Therefore, detoxification of the polluted water and soil involves the concentration of the metal, or binding it in a way that makes it biologically inert. Cadmium is one of the more toxic metals, that is also carcinogenic and teratogenic. Its effects are short term, even acute (diseases like Itai-itai), or long term. The long term effects are intensified due to the fact that cadmium accumulates in the body. This paper describes a study involving several hundred cadmium-resistant bacterial isolates. These bacteria could be divided into three groups—the largest group consisted of bacteria resistant to cadmium by effluxing it from the cells. The bacteria of the other two groups were capable of binding cadmium or of detoxifying it. We concentrated on one strain that could bind cadmium very efficiently, depending on the bacterial biomass and on the pH. This strain could effectively remove cadmium from contaminated water and soil.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1572-9729
    Schlagwort(e): acid mine drainage ; algae ; heavy metals ; high rate algal ponds ; sulphate reducing bacteria ; waste stabilisation ponds
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Energietechnik , Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
    Notizen: Abstract Acid mine drainage pollution may be associated with large water volume flows and exceptionally long periods of time over which the drainage may require treatment. While the use and role of sulphate reducing bacteria has been demonstrated in active treatment systems for acid mine drainage remediation, reactor size requirement and the cost and availability of the carbon and electron donor source are factors which constrain process development. Little attention has focussed on the use of waste stabilisation ponding processes for acid mine drainage treatment. Wastewater ponding is a mature technology for the treatment of large water volumes and its use as a basis for appropriate reactor design for acid mine drainage treatment is described including high rates of sulphate reduction and the precipitation of metal sulphides. Together with the co-disposal of organic wastes, algal biomass is generated as an independent carbon source for SRB production. Treatment of tannery effluent in a custom-designed high rate algal ponding process, and its use as a carbon source in the generation and precipitation of metal sulphides, has been demonstrated through piloting to the implementation of a full-scale process.The treatment of both mine drainage and zinc refinery wastewaters are reported. A complementary role for microalgal production in the generation of alkalinity and bioadsorptive removal of metals has been utilised and an Integrated 'Algal Sulphate Reducing Ponding Process for the Treatment of Acidic and Metal Wastewaters' (ASPAM) has been described.
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  • 8
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Biodegradation 9 (1998), S. 311-318 
    ISSN: 1572-9729
    Schlagwort(e): glucosinolates ; gypsum ; heavy metals ; phyto-extraction ; phytoremediation ; sulfate
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Energietechnik , Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
    Notizen: Abstract Sulfur is a major nutrient for all organisms. Plant species have a high biodiversity in uptake, metabolization and accumulation of sulfur so that there are potentials to use plants for phytoremediation of sulfur-enriched sites. A survey of soils enriched with sulfur either naturally or by human activities shows that a surplus of sulfur is mostly accompanied with a surplus of other chemical elements which may limit phytoremediation because these co-occurring elements are more toxic to plants than sulfur. In addition, the accumulation of the other elements makes the plant material (phyto-extraction) less suitable for the use as fodder and for human consumption.
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  • 9
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Biodegradation 9 (1998), S. 411-422 
    ISSN: 1572-9729
    Schlagwort(e): agrochemicals ; heavy metals ; NMR imaging ; NMR spectroscopy ; subcellular compartmentation xenobiotic metabolism
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Energietechnik , Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau, Fischereiwirtschaft, Hauswirtschaft
    Notizen: Abstract The application of non-invasive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods in xenobiotic research is reviewed in relation to: (i) the characterisation of the effects of xenobiotics on the metabolism of plants and plant cell suspensions; (ii) the direct detection of xenobiotics and their degradation products in vivo; and (iii) the spatial localisation of xenobiotics and their derivatives at the subcellular and tissue levels. Novel information has been generated by in vivo NMR studies of both agrochemicals and heavy metals, but a lack of generality in the methods makes it difficult to extrapolate from one successful application to the next. In vivo NMR spectroscopy is shown to be informative when a xenobiotic perturbs metabolic pathways that are accessible to the technique, and it is useful for probing the partitioning of paramagnetic metal ions between the cytoplasm and the vacuole. The successful application of 19F NMR to the analysis of plant tissue extracts also suggests that in vivo 19F NMR spectroscopy may have a role in biotransformation studies of fluorinated xenobiotics. In contrast NMR imaging techniques have been little used for xenobiotic research in plants, and while the method has been shown to be capable of monitoring the uptake and translocation of paramagnetic ions in plants, the potential use of high resolution 1H and 19F NMR imaging for mapping agrochemicals in tissues is still in its infancy.
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  • 10
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Water, air & soil pollution 95 (1997), S. 399-423 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): fractionation ; redistribution ; saturation ; kinetics ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Solid-phase transformations of Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni and Zn, added as soluble salts at several levels to two arid-zone soils, were studied over a period of one year. The soils were maintained under a saturated-paste regime and sampled periodically. A selective sequential dissolution procedure was employed to determine the changes in metal distribution among six operationally defined solid-phase fractions. A function,U ts was introduced to measure the fractional attainment of equilibrium of the soils following a perturbation. The direction and rate of redistribution of the added metals in the soils were affected by the nature of the metal, the soil properties and the metal loading level. Cd added to the soils was transferred from the exchangeable (EXC) into the carbonate (GARB) fraction. When soluble Cu, Cr, Ni and Zn were added at low loading levels, metals were transferred from the reducible oxides(RO) bound and easily reducible oxides (ERO) bound fractions and the EXC fraction, into the CARB fraction. However, at the higher loading level, metals were transferred from the EXC and CARB fractions into the organic matter bound (OM), ERO and RO fractions. TheU ts function approached lower values as incubation continued but remained removed from 1. The overall flux of metals among fractions was the combined result of the readjustment of the metals in the native soil to changing conditions due to saturation, and the transfer of added soluble metals to the less labile fractions.
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  • 11
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 39-59 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): acid mine drainage ; heavy metals ; jarosite ; soils ; Sweden
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The discharge of acidic mine drainage waters onto a hillslope in Dalarna, central Sweden, has lead to the contamination of the podzol soils with Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn and sulfate. Samples from contaminated and reference soils have been collected for chemical and mineralogical analyses. Jarosite is identified by x-ray diffraction analysis as a precipitate in the upper horizons (A, E, B) of the contaminated soils, where the soil acidity (pHKCl ∼ 2.6) promotes jarosite stability. The sequential chemical extraction of soil samples indicates that, in the reference A horizon, Cu, Pb, Ni and Zn are bound primarily to cation exchange sites and organic matter. In the A horizon of the contaminated soils closest to the rock dump, metal partitioning is dominated by the Fe oxide fractions, despite the high organic matter content; Pb is almost completely bound to crystalline Fe oxides, possibly adsorbed to Fe oxides or occuring in a jarosite solid solution. In the reference B and C horizons, Cu, Ni and Zn are primarily adsorbed/coprecipitated in the Fe oxide fractions, while Pb remains with a large fraction bound to organic matter. In the Fe-rich B horizon of the contaminated soils, the partitioning of the metals in cation exchange sites and to organic matter has greatly increased relative to the reference soils, resulting from the mobilization of organo-metal complexes down the profile.
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  • 12
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Water, air & soil pollution 91 (1996), S. 233-248 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): Arabian Gulf ; Bahrain ; heavy metals ; marine organisms ; provisional tolerable weekly intake
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract A total of 162 fish and shellfish samples representing important species have been collected from different coastal areas of Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf, and analyzed for lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrophotometric method. The dverall mean levels for Pb, Cd, Hg and As in fish samples were 0.132, 0.032, 0.084 and 1.7 µg g−1 wet weight, respectively, whereas for shellfish they were 0.149, 0.045, 0.042 and 3.61 µg g−1 wet weight. These values indicate higher levels of metals in shellfish when compared with fish, except for mercury, and reveal that generally the levels of metals in these organisms are lower than existing guidelines, except for arsenic. The provisional tolerable weekly intake of Pb, Cd, Hg and As through fish was estimated to be 0.7, 0.17, 0.45 and 9 µg kg−1 bodyweight per week, respectively. Our results did not reveal a clear pattern regarding variations of metals concentration between areas and species.
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  • 13
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): Acari ; bioindicators ; Gamasida ; heavy metals ; Oribatida ; Scots pine forest
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The soil mites were investigated in the areas covered with dead needles in young Scots pine forests (plant association Leucobryo-Pinetum), polluted by a copper smelting works at Głogów, and in a control plot. The concentration of heavy metals, mainly copper and lead, was the lowest in the control plot, and increased towards the pollution source. A high concentration of these metals reduced the density of mites and species number of Oribatida and Gamasida, while small concentrations were associated with the increasing abundance of mites and species number of Oribatida. Among mites, the following categories were distinguished: a) sensitive to heavy metals, b) sensitive to a high concentration, but tolerant of small concentrations, and c) tolerant of these metals. The changed vertical distribution of mites in the most polluted soil was also observed, due to accumulation of heavy metals in the Of/h horizon.
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  • 14
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    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Water, air & soil pollution 92 (1996), S. 343-374 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): long-range transport ; atmospheric deposition ; heavy metals ; country budgets
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The Heavy Metal Eulerian Transport (HMET) model has been used to calculate the exchange of As, Cd, Pb and Zn between European countries in 1985. The model was run separately for each emitter country and the computed deposition field was used to calculate the contribution of the emitter to each receptor country. The results of these computations are presented in the form of a country budget matrix for each metal. Accuracy of such computations is dependant on the size and linearity of the numerical method applied to the transport equation. Exchange of heavy metals due to atmospheric transport over Europe is significant. Approximately 30% to 90% of the heavy metals emitted from each country is deposited in other countries. The remaining mass is deposited in European seas, Atlantic Ocean and transported outside the model domain. The largest part of the emission from each country is deposited in the same country. The next largest fraction is transported to the nearest neighbors. The results indicate also a significant long range ransport of heavy metals to the Soviet Union. This is partly justified by the size and location of this receptor country, as well as, the prevailing meteorological conditions in Europe. However, this large transport to USSR is slightly overestimated due to some artificial properties of the numerical method applied to basic model equations. In addition to the country budget, export versus import and emission versus deposition of metals were analyzed for each country. The largest positive difference between export and import was found for Poland, German Federal Republic and Yugoslavia (As, Cd and Zn), and United Kingdom, Italy and Belgium (Pb). The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia are the countries where import of all metals is significantly larger than export. When emission versus deposition of heavy metals is analyzed, the Soviet Union has much higher emissions than deposition of all metals compared to other European countries.
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  • 15
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; TNR ; stream sediments ; Suquía River
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The Suquía is a semiarid (rainfall, 700-900 mm y-1), medium-size (7700 km2) riversystem located in central Argentina. Its mountainous upper catchment includes pristine areas aswell as a variety of human settlements and a reservoir lake. A large city (Córdoba, ca. 1.3million inhabitants) and a terminal hypersaline lake are included in the middle and lower basin.Total non-residual (TNR) heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn, and Fe) have been determined inriver bed sediments in two seasons (spring and autumn), seeking to establish the factors whichcontrol the temporal and spatial variability. The major findings were: a) concentrations of TNRmetals were, in general, higher during springtime than during autumn, particularly downstreamfrom the city of Córdoba; b) organic matter played a significant role as a controlling factorwherever it defined reducing conditions, lowering the concentrations of Mn and Fe hydrousoxides; c) a higher organic load (e.g., downstream the city) and more pronounced reducingconditions could be the causes for the increased Fe concentration, probably precipitated assulfides; d) organic matter exhibited a closer correlation with some TNR metals in autumn,probably caused by a larger capacity for complexation in the biologically-processed organicdebris; and, e) the existence of pristine areas in the drainage basin allowed for the calculation ofenrichment factors (EF) which show the significance of several environmental impacts in theSuquía system.
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  • 16
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    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 395-408 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): air pollution ; pine bark ; sulphur ; pH ; conductivity ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Sulphur and heavy metal deposition in northern Finland (= in Lapland) and the Kola Peninsulawere surveyed using Scots pine bark samples. Sulphur concentrations in bark close to the Kolasmelters were on an average twice as high as on the Finnish side of the border. The Cu and Niconcentrations near the smelters were almost 100-fold the mean values in northern Finland. Therewas a marked decrease in the sulphur and heavy metal concentrations with increasing distancefrom the emission sources. The effects of emissions from the Kola Peninsula were evident inFinland only close to the border, especially in the eastern parts of Inari (NE corner of Lapland)where the Cu and Ni concentrations were 2- to 6-fold those in western Lapland. The sulphur andheavy metal concentrations in most of northern Finland were low. However were theconcentrations of Cr in bark in the SW corner of Lapland considerably high, due to the emissionsfrom the Tornio refined steel plants.
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  • 17
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    Digitale Medien
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    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 93-108 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): straw ash ; ashes ; bottom ash ; fly ash ; biofuel ; cereal straw ; rape straw ; straw combustion ; fertilizer ; plant nutrients ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The composition of 79 samples of straw ash from seven heating plants in Sweden was analysed with the aim of evaluating straw ash as a fertilizer and liming agent. The variation in ash composition was explained mainly by ash fraction (bottom ash vs. fly ash) and straw type (wheat, barley, rye, rape) but also by heating plant. Compared with concentrations of Zn, Pb and Cd in bottom ash, levels in fly ash were 10–90 times higher. Fly ash also contained more Cu and K compared with bottom ash. The Cd/P ratio was 0.03 in bottom ash and 0.6 g Cd/kg P in fly ash. Ash from rape straw had a higher Ca content and liming effect compared with ash from cereal straw: e.g., the liming effect of rape ash was more than three times higher than that of wheat ash. The liming effect varied between 3.5 and 44% CaO and depended mainly on the Ca content. The average P content was 1.7% (0.2–4.4%), with slightly higher concentration in rape ash than in wheat ash. The potential for using straw ash as a fertilizer and liming agent is discussed. Compared with commercial fertilizers the use of bottom ash as a P fertilizer results in a lower addition of Cd. However, the total heavy metal content of straw ash poses a potential problem.
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  • 18
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    Digitale Medien
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    Water, air & soil pollution 95 (1997), S. 399-423 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): fractionation ; redistribution ; saturation ; kinetics ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Solid-phase transformations of Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni and Zn, added as soluble salts at several levels to two arid-zone soils, were studied over a period of one year. The soils were maintained under a saturated-paste regime and sampled periodically. A selective sequential dissolution procedure was employed to determine the changes in metal distribution among six operationally defined solid-phase fractions. A function, Uts was introduced to measure the fractional attainment of equilibrium of the soils following a perturbation. The direction and rate of redistribution of the added metals in the soils were affected by the nature of the metal, the soil properties and the metal loading level. Cd added to the soils was transferred from the exchangeable (EXC) into the carbonate (CARB) fraction. When soluble Cu, Cr, Ni and Zn were added at low loading levels, metals were transferred from the reducible oxides(RO) bound and easily reducible oxides (ERO) bound fractions and the EXC fraction, into the CARB fraction. However, at the higher loading level, metals were transferred from the EXC and CARB fractions into the organic matter bound (OM), ERO and RO fractions. The Uts function approached lower values as incubation continued but remained removed from 1. The overall flux of metals among fractions was the combined result of the readjustment of the metals in the native soil to changing conditions due to saturation, and the transfer of added soluble metals to the less labile fractions.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 99 (1997), S. 651-659 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): River sediments ; biofilms ; organic micropollutants ; heavy metals ; temporal variations ; biosorption ; accumulation processes
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract In a partly urbanized catchment to the south of Trier, Germany, short term variations in river sediment compounds as well as the bioaccumulation of pollutants on surface associated microbial coatings (biofilms) were investigated weekly during a period of six months. Concentrations of selected heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and for microbial characterisation protein, carbohydrate and uronic acid were analyzed. Sorption processes on biofilms were determined by temporal variations in pollutants and microbial parameters and through the comparison of sorbed substances in biofilms and sediments. The results show, that sorption events on biofilms play an important and dynamic role in spring and summer for transport and accumulation of the investigated pollutants in the aquatic environment. The amount of pollutants sorbed on sediment particles is not only dependent on the particulate bound or solved pollutants in the river water, but is strongly controlled by the changing conditions of the biofilms.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 48 (1997), S. 285-296 
    ISSN: 1573-2959
    Schlagwort(e): herring gulls ; heavy metals ; selenium ; feathers ; bioindicator ; mercury ; lead ; cadmium ; chromium ; manganese
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract With increasing interest in assessing the health or well-being ofcommunities and ecosystems, birds are being used asbioindicators. Coloniallynesting species breed mainly in coastal areas that are alsopreferred for humandevelopment, exposing the birds to various pollutants. Inthis paper concentrations of heavy metal and selenium in the feathers ofHerring Gulls(Larus argentatus) nesting in several colonies fromMassachusetts toDelaware are reported. There were significant differencesamong colonies forall metals, with metal concentrations being two to nearly fivetimes higher atsome colonies than others. Selenium showed the leastdifference, and cadmium showed the greatest difference among sites. Concentrations of lead werehighest at Prall‘s Island; mercury was highest at Shinnecock,Huckleberry andHarvey, and manganese was highest at Captree.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 50 (1998), S. 189-200 
    ISSN: 1573-2959
    Schlagwort(e): grapevines ; heavy metals ; mining ; smelting ; xylem sap
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract No data are available on the content of heavy metals in the xylem sap of grapevines growing in contaminated areas. The aim of this work was to obtain data on the concentration of Pb, Zn, Cd and Cu in the xylem sap of grapevine (Vitis vinifera) cultivar Monica (ungrafted), growing near contaminated sites: a smelter, an abandoned and an active mine, and to investigate relationships between xylem sap mineral composition and the heavy metal content of the soil. The concentrations of Pb, Zn, Cd and Cu in the sap were enhanced compared to that of the soil, ranging from 4.3 to 611.4 µg Pb $$g_{d.wt.}^{ - 1} $$]〉$$ , 801 to 6176 µg Zn $$g_{d.wt.}^{ - 1} $$]〉$$ , 2.5 to 45 µg Cd $$g_{d.wt.}^{ - 1} $$]〉$$ and 19.8 to 161 µg Cu $$g_{d.wt.}^{ - 1} $$]〉$$ . Dry matter of xylem sap was significantly related to the heavy metals content in xylem saps, but no significant relationship between the metals in sap and total and DTPA/TEA extractable metal fraction in soil was found.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 54 (1999), S. 229-237 
    ISSN: 1573-2959
    Schlagwort(e): coastal index ; discriminant analysis ; fishing areas ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The quality assessment of fishing areas on the basis of the levels of heavy metals in clams ( Chamelea gallina) was attempted by using discriminant analysis. Five metals, Hg, Pb, Cd, Cu and Zn, were analyzed in the soft edible parts of clams from three fishing areas. The descriptive methods applied to data obtained do not show enough differences between sampling stations for management purposes. Only discriminant analysis is successful in the differentiation between all fishing areas. Through the first discriminant function, the group centroids are proposed as index of different source of clams. These values standardized are proposed as coastal quality index.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 47 (1997), S. 135-152 
    ISSN: 1573-2959
    Schlagwort(e): bioindicator ; heavy metals ; moss
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The use of different moss species – Hylocomium splendens,Pleurozium schreberi, Eurhynchium angustirete, Sphagnum and Rhytidiadelphus – was tested for the investigation of atmosphericheavy metal deposition. Maps representing heavy metal depositionpattern in Lithuania are presented for Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and V.The most suitable species for heavy metal deposition studies was Hylocomium splendens in which the concentrations of metalswere found to be up to 25% higher than in other species. Interspeciesand interelemental comparison was also performed. Several well definedlocal pollution sources were identified.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 56 (1999), S. 177-193 
    ISSN: 1573-2959
    Schlagwort(e): accumulation ; bioindicators ; concentrations ; heavy metals ; Karelia ; wildlife
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The levels of mercury, cadmium, lead, copper, nickel, zinc and iron were determined in samples of liver, kidney, skeletal muscle, heart, lungs and hair of moose (N = 67), reindeer (N = 45), brown bear (N = 18), wild boar (N = 10) and squirrel (N = 18) shot in Karelia from 1989 to 1991 during regular hunting. The highest heavy-metal concentrations were found in livers, kidney, lungs and hair samples. The samples of muscle contained lowest levels of these elements. The tissues of moose, reindeer and brown bear were contaminated with heavy metals to a greatest extent. Lowest levels of toxicants were recorded in wild boar. Results indicate a widespread presence of heavy metal in the environment and in wildlife, which may be linked to acid precipitation. There was no evidence of these elements accumulated to toxic levels, but Karelian public have been informed that the eating of moose liver and kidney would probably result in their exceeding WHO standard weekly intake limit for cadmium.
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    ISSN: 1573-3017
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; old-fields ; municipal sludge ; blackfaced leafhopper ; Graminella nigrifrons ; Cicadellidae ; cabbage looper moth ; Noctuidae ; Trichoplusia ni
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Municipal sewage sludge containing heavy metals had a toxic effect on the development of the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), one of two herbivorous insects commonly found in an Ohio old-field which had been subjected to long-term sewage sludge application. Soils were removed in 1992 from an old-field following 11 years of heavy nutrient enrichment (1978 to 1988) with applications of either sewage sludge (Milorganite®) containing heavy metal contaminants or urea-phosphate fertilizer. Egg to adult development rate and survival of the blackfaced leafhopper, Graminella nigrifrons (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), and the cabbage looper was determined on maize (leafhopper) and broccoli (looper) seedlings grown in soils from sludge-treated, fertilizer-treated, or untreated control plots of the old-field. Fertilizer and sludgetreated soils had higher levels of N. P and organic matter, and a lower pH than the untreated control soils, while sludge-treated soils contained significantly higher concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn. Maize appeared to be unaffected by the three soil treatments, and survival and rate of egg to adult development of the leafhopper was not affected. Broccoli seedlings grown in both the high nutrient fertilizer and sludge soils were greener and larger than broccoli grown in control soils. However, the cabbage looper had significant larval and pupal mortality (25 to 40%) and prolonged egg to adult development on sludge-grown broccoli compared to control and fertilizer treatments. As assimilation into the food chain of heavy metals and other organic pollutants, such as PCBs, is in part a function of the interaction of soil chemistry and type of plant, the application of municipal sludges to old-fields needs to be carefully monitored, as contaminants may have significant developmental and behavioural effects on some secondary links in the old-field food chain.
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    ISSN: 1573-3017
    Schlagwort(e): NOEC ; competition ; biodiversity ; nematodes ; heavy metals
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract In estimating the effects of toxic substances on ecosystems we generally lack information on the sensitivity (expressed as a no-observed effect concentration, NOEC) of individual species in the field, and have to rely on information from laboratory test species, expressed as a frequency distribution of NOECs. In this case we can express toxic stress as the fraction of organisms that is exposed above its NOEC: the potentially affected fraction (PAF). This paper describes a model of the soil food web and the effect of toxic stress by persistent pollutants. The model predicts that in the absence of competition, individual species disappear from the foodweb at toxic concentrations 3–5 times their NOEC. With competition present, species affected by toxic stress are replaced by less sensitive ones. This has a twofold effect: species disappear from the foodweb at a lower concentration because loss of competitiveness occurs well before absolute extinction, but the replacement of disappearing species implies that the effect on total biomass and diversity becomes only noticeable at a PAF level near 100%. Model predictions are in good agreement with observations on nematode communities in experimental fields contaminated with copper and zinc. The model serves to illustrate why overall measures of ecosystem functioning (total biomass, production, diversity) are affected by toxic stress only at high levels of pollution, which is particularly true for systems with a high diversity. This apparent robustness masks a considerable genetic ‘erosion’, i.e. the disappearance of sensitive species or genotypes. The PAF is a good indicator of the latter effect.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 102 (1998), S. 313-328 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): dredged sediment derived surface soils ; heavy metals ; sedimentdisposal site ; sequential extraction DTPA
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The objective of this study was to characterise pollution with heavy metals in surface soils sampled at various dredged sediment disposal sites in the Flemish region (Belgium). The sites selected varied in the period since sediment disposal ceased and in current vegetation and land use. Total metal contents (Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in the surface soils varied widely. For some disposal sites Cd and Zn concentrations greatly exceeded reference values for clean soil. The distribution of the metals as determined by sequential extraction differed between elements, but was simular for all the soils. This suggested that metals in these sediment derived surface soils were accumulated and transformed in a similar way. Residual fractions were low compared to total contents (2 – 4% for Cd, 25% – 35% for Co, 7 – 18% for Mn, 4 – 22% for Zn, 12 – 41% for Ni, 11 – 42% for Pb, 20 – 45% for Cu, 〈 10% for Zn). High metal concentrations in the acid-extractable and reducible fractions may indicate pollution from anthropogenic sources. DTPA-extractable metals, which may be considered indicative of plant-available contents, were relatively high compared to the total contents. The relative extractability, expressed as the ratio of DTPA-extractable to total contents, decreased in the order Cd (38%) 〉 Cu (28%) = Zn (26%) 〉 Pb (13%) 〉 Ni (10%) 〉 Co (3%). Most of the sites studied would be of concern if they were used for agricultural activities. No trends in metal availability in the period following disposal were apparent from the data.
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  • 28
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; particulate speciation ; sequential chemical extractions
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Over the last century, discharge of industrial effluents and municipal wastewater have contaminated the Lachine Canal sediments. This study investigated the associations between heavy metals and natural sediment constituents. X-ray Diffraction, Transmission Electron Microscopy and geochemical analysis revealed that the sediments consisted mainly of silt and clay size fractions composed of: feldspar, illite, kaolinite, chlorite, calcite and dolomite as well as minor amounts of Fe minerals. Organic matter and amorphous metal oxides were also identified. Each of these constituents bound heavy metals at varying degrees as assessed by a sequential chemical extraction (SCE) protocol. The associations with each geochemical phase were (in order of decreasing significance): 1) residual phase, 2) oxide phase, 3) carbonate phase, 4) organic phase and 5) exchangeable phase. According to the cation exchange capacity (CEC), carbonate and oxide content measurements, the heavy metals occupied a minor fraction of the total capacity of the sediments to retain metals by these mechanisms. The SCE results revealed that the partition patterns varied with pH. The phases associated to the carbonate and the exchangeable phases were the most sensitive to a change in pH with the residual phase being almost unchanged. The Zn and Cd were sensitive to release when the conditions drifted to acidic conditions. The partition patterns for various grain size fractions (〈53 µm, 53–75 µm, 75–175 µm and 〈175 µm) revealed that no particular fraction accumulated a certain heavy metal. Finally, from protocols, techniques and results interpretation in this study, various engineering applications such as the technical choice of clean-up scenarios, screening of remediation techniques and the development of remediation quality criteria were proposed within the framework of the management of contaminated sediments.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 108 (1998), S. 51-68 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): Crustacea ; growth ; heavy metals ; monitoring
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The dynamics of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) accumulation in juvenile Porcellio scaber were studied over 6 months after exposing them to three different concentrations of lead and cadmium in their food. Subsequently the ability of P. scaber to eliminate lead and cadmium was studied over two months. Growth was measured to determine whether metal contamination leads to physiological stress in the animals. The accumulation of Pb and Cd in P. scaber shows two different phases. Up to the age of 2–3 months the assimilation exceeds the rate of growth and leads to rapidly increasing concentrations. After 3 months the rate of accumulation is proportional to the rate of growth and the heavy metal concentrations remain on a stabilized level. P. scaber was able to eliminate about 40% of the assimilated lead within 2 weeks but there was no elimination of Cd within 7 weeks. Contaminated P. scaber shows significant growth reduction. The physiological response of P. scaber to heavy metal contamination is discussed.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 109 (1999), S. 1-15 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): EDTA ; heavy metals ; leaching ; lead ; soil remediation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The performance of EDTA for the treatment of calcareous soils contaminated with heavy metals from mining and smelting activities was evaluated in this study. Soil samples containing variable levels of contamination, from 500 to 35 000 mg kg-1 Pb and 700 to 20 000 mg kg-1 Zn, were subjected to EDTA treatment and the extraction of heavy metals was found to vary, ranging between 50 and 98% for Pb and 50 to 100% for Zn. Total residual concentrations were above the limits set by regulatory authorities; leachable metals, however, were efficiently removed and treated soils were all acceptable in terms of toxicity. The effect of EDTA concentration and pulp density was studied on a soil sample containing 12 000 mg kg-1 Pb and 10 000 mg kg-1 Zn. Heavy metals removal was improved at low pulp densities and when EDTA concentration was increased from 0.025 to 0.25 M. The tetrasodium salt Na4-EDTA was found to be less effective for metals removal compared to the disodium salt Na2-EDTA, though applied at higher concentrations. This experimental work has also demonstrated the great importance of soil matrix for the overall evaluation of the EDTA leaching as a cost effective remedial option. The simultaneous dissolution of calcite was found to consume approximately 90% of the available EDTA. It was thus concluded that for the treatment of calcareous soils the design criteria and cost estimations should be based on the calcite content of the soil.
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    Schlagwort(e): bio-accumulation ; heavy metals ; Louisiana ; Parmotrema praesorediosum ; partitioning ; sulfur dioxide ; Tillandsia usneoides ; X-ray micro-probe analysis
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Samples of the epiphytic bromeliad Tillandsia usneoides L. (Bromeliaceae) and the lichen Parmotrema praesorediosum (Nyl.) Hale, growing on bald cypress trees in southern Louisiana, were chemically examined by means of X-ray micro-probe analysis to determine their comparative elemental content. The plants were found to effectively bio-accumulate heavy metals and sulfur from the atmosphere; the accumulatory capacities and implications are discussed. Partitioning occurs within the plants of T. usneoides and consequently any analytical procedure should standardise on precisely which parts are to be analysed. The bio- accumulation of certain heavy metals such as manganese, nickel and cadmium increases with age of the T. usneoides.
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    Schlagwort(e): critical load ; deposition ; heavy metals ; persistent organic pollutants ; soil quality ; water quality
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract In the pilot study ESQUAD the impact of atmospheric deposition of three heavy metals (cadmium, copper and lead) and two persistent organic pollutants (benzo(a)-pyrene and lindane) on the quality of European soils and seawater has been calculated. Calculations have been made of atmospheric transport and deposition using a detailed emissions database for Europe. This enabled deposition maps to be produced to a resolution of approximately 50 km. The distribution of pollutant concentrations in forest soils was calculated for each grid cell using a database of soil property parameters in Europe. For the North Sea, a model was used to map long-term concentrations in water and sediment, which are due to atmospheric deposition and other, non-atmospheric sources. The model calculations allowed detailed comparisons of deposition fluxes and concentrations of the substances studied with critical loads and environmental quality threshold values, including critical loads. Although significant uncertainties were identified, the study gives insight in how threshold exceedance rates in Europe relate to pollutant type, threshold type, environmental compartment and chemophysical phase (adsorbed, dissolved). For all pollutants and for all compartments exceedances were calculated for at least some of the quality thresholds that were chosen.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 111 (1999), S. 159-170 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): composting ; heavy metals ; municipal solid wastes ; sequential extraction ; speciation
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The organic fraction of municipal wastes has been composted on the laboratory scale. In the obtained compost the content of cadmium, cobalt, copper, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc were determined, as well as the speciation i.e, the form of their occurrence, making use of Rudd's method of sequential extraction. The investigations also concerned the way of removing these metals from the compost by means of leaching with solutions of sulphuric and nitric acid, as well as by electrochemically separating the metals from the solution after the compost had been leached with sulphuric acid. It has been found that the application of the electrochemical method with varying pH values of the leaching solution within the range of 6.8–2.8 allows for the separation of 83.5% Cd, 55.0% Co, 65.4% Cu, 59.4% Mn, 70.3% Ni, 90.5% Pb and 56.2% Zn.
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    Schlagwort(e): anaerobic bacteria ; heavy metals ; organic matter ; toxicity
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The present study reports on the effect of Fe2+, Ni2+ and CO2+ on anaerobic bacterial activity and dynamics during anaerobic mineralization of organic matter. Fe2+ stimulated biogas yield and methane content at 37 °C, but inhibited same marginally at low temperatures (10 and 20 °C). Ni2+ and CO2+ inhibited methane production; the toxicity increased with decreasing temperature. Fe2+ stimulated sulfate reducing bacterial (SRB) and methane producing bacterial (MPB) counts while Ni2+ and CO2+ inhibited the same. All the metals had no effect on obligate proton reducing bacterial (OPRB) counts. Fe2+ stimulated, Ni2+ severely and CO2+ appreciably inhibited H2 uptake and acetate/propionate utilization irrespective of presence/absence of sulfate. Thus, Ni2+ and CO2+ inhibited the overall anaerobic degradative process by inhibiting SRB and MPB activity.
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  • 35
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; redox ; sulfides ; wetland soils
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The objective of this study was to measure the mobility of heavy metals in freshwater estuary soils that are seasonally inundated and to characterize the distribution of sulfide precipitates in these soils. Precipitation and dissolution of labile sulfides may account for changing pore water concentrations of heavy metals in freshwater wetland soils that are subject to temporary flooding or fluctuating groundwater levels. The presence of authigenic zinc- and iron-(mono)sulfide in this type of soils during periods with a high groundwater level was demonstrated by electron microprobe analyses. Because sulfide precipitates are strongly associated with root remnants, fresh soil organic material may be an important intermediary in the sulfur cycling and, consequently, in the behavior of heavy metals in these freshwater soils. Oxidation of labile sulfides may be partly responsible for the increased zinc and sulfate concentrations in the pore water during periods with low groundwater levels. Heavy metals may also be mobilized by degradation of their host phase organic matter during periods with high biodegradation.
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  • 36
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; pretreatment ; sediment ; speciation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The identification of the geochemical forms of heavy metals in contaminated sediments gives information on their availability. This requires the use of a geochemical speciation procedure such as the one developed by Tessier et al. (1979). In addition to the imperfections of these protocols, their results can vary depending on the technique used for the preservation of sediments which must be suited to the materials studied and to particularities of the investigation. This study was carried out on superficial river sediments, seriously polluted by Cu, Cd and Pb. Compared to fresh sediment, none of the drying methods studied (freeze-drying, air-drying and oven-drying at 105 °C) completely preserve the distribution of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in the various geochemical fractions of the sediment. The modifications depend directly on the quantities of metals present in the various fractions of the sediment, the effects being more marked when the quantity is smallest. This results in a decrease in metals in the exchangeable fraction and in those bound to carbonates under the action of atmospheric oxygen and a corresponding increase in the other fractions. To minimize this, freeze-drying and air-drying are satisfactory techniques which enable preservation of sediments representative of the environment.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 112 (1999), S. 349-363 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): aerosols ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract An extensive study of the different heavy metals (Fe, Mn Ni, Cr, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu) present in the atmospheric aerosols collected at two stations in Mallorca located in the evirons of a new incinerator plant has been carried out. The aim of this study is to establish the quality of the air surrounding this new MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) incinerator on the island of Mallorca prior to its setting up. Besides, a study of the distribution of the analyzed metals in both the fine (diameter ≤1.5 μm) and coarse (diameter ≥1.5 μm) fractions of the aerosol has been performed. Concentrations of heavy metals in the atmospheric aerosols prior to the running of the new incinerator plant were found to be very low and similar to the values obtained at other Mediterranean stations.
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  • 38
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    Schlagwort(e): Arcachon Lagoon ; atmospheric fluxes ; Cd ; coastal zones ; Cu ; Gironde Estuary ; heavy metals ; high frequency variability ; ICP-MS ; Ni ; Pb ; Zn
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract We report here the first data set on wet deposition of heavy metals in the southwestern French coastal zone. In this region, there are two major sensitive coastal ecosystems: the Gironde Estuary and the Arcachon Lagoon. Chemical analyses of heavy metals were carried out by ICP-MS. Annual mean concentrations of the dissolved fraction in precipitation were 0.2, 3.4, 4.3, 8.1 and 30 μg L-1for Cd, Ni, Cu, Pb and Zn, respectively. In terms of annual fluxes, these numbers are of the same order of magnitude as the fluxes measured in southeastern France, but are higher than those measured in western Brittany. When extrapolated to the entire Bay of Biscay, the annual wet dissolved fluxes of Cd, Ni, Cu, Pb and Zn are respectively 7, 110, 140 340 and 1440 t yr-1. According to available data in the literature, the regional Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn atmospheric fluxes for the Bay of Biscay are of the same order of magnitude as riverine inputs (Loire and Gironde). On a daily or weekly time scale, we observed a strong variability of elemental fluxes: up to 20% of the annual dissolved flux may occur in a rain event shorter than 3.5 days. Although elements display generally parallel variations with time, they sometimes follow independent behaviours (e.g. Pb and Cd), suggesting that they may derive from different geographical and/or pollution sources.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 113 (1999), S. 115-125 
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    Schlagwort(e): adsorption ; clay ; desorption ; heavy metals
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract This study evaluated the effect of competing copper, zinc, cadmium and nickel ions in 0.01 M Ca(NO3)2 on heavy metal sorption and desorption by soil clay fractions. Initial Cu addition levels varied from 99 mg kg-1 to 900 mg kg-1 and Zn, Cd and Ni levels were 94, 131 and 99 mg kg-1, respectively. Sorption of Cu conformed to a Freundlich equation. The amounts of metals not displaced by successive 48 h desorption cycles with 0.01 M Ca(NO3)2 were considered ‘specifically adsorbed’. Total sorption of Zn and Cd generally decreased in the order: Vertisol 〉 Gleyic Acrisol 〉 Planosol clay. More than 70% of the copper was specifically sorbed. Specific sorption of Zn was depressed by competition with Cu in the three clays investigated. At surface coverages higher than 200 mg Cu per kg of soil clay, zinc sorption in the Planosol and Gleyic Acrisol clays took place at low affinity sites. The exchangeable component of sorbed cadmium accounted for 〉:60% of the sorption in the Vertisol clay, 〉70% in the Gleyic Acrisol clay and was almost 100% in the Planosol clay. Nickel was not retained by the Planosol and Gleyic Acrisol clays and was ionexchangeably adsorbed by the Vertisol clay. At the conditions studied, Ni and Cd remain a ready source of pollution hazard.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 114 (1999), S. 377-394 
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; snow quality ; urban snow
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The aim of the study was to investigate how the quality of snow varies within a city. The study area is situated in the Luleå municipality, in northern Sweden (lat. 65°35′N and long. 22°10′E). For this study, the city was divided into three different types of areas: housing areas, city centre and outskirts. In one area of each type, sampling sites were selected. Snow samples were taken at nine occasions, once every fourteenth day in the city centre and in the housing area. Analyses were carried out for pH, conductivity, suspended solids and both the total and dissolved concentration of phosphorus and selected metals. It was concluded that traffic or activities related to traffic were a major source of heavy metals and phosphorus in urban snow, both in the city centre and in the housing area. Also, the type of area and the design of the street were important for the quality of snow. A clear relation was found between the pH and the quantity of suspended solids in the snow. Higher pH values were found in snow samples from sites with higher traffic loads, and lower pH values at sites, which were the no-traffic sites, with small quantities of particles. The particulate and dissolved substances in the snow behaved in different ways.
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  • 41
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    Schlagwort(e): biomonitoring ; Brazilian coast ; heavy metals ; mussel ; Perna perna
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Heavy metal levels were determined in marine mussels Perna perna collected from Ubatuba Bay, northern coast of the State of SãoPaulo, Brazil, during the period from January toOctober 1995. The objective of the present study wasto analyze the seasonal concentrations of some metalsof toxicological interest (Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn) inUbatuba Bay using the bivalve Perna perna(Linnaeus, 1758) as a biological monitor. Collectionswere performed at three month intervals at Itaguábeach. In the laboratory, the frozen specimens werethawed at room temperature, removed from their shells,partially dried on filter paper, weighed andindividually submitted to acid digestion with sulfuricacid and hidrogen peroxide. The analyses for thedetection of Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn were carried out byflame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The resultsshowed higher metal accumulation during July. Thevalues detected for Pb and Cr were relatively high inall seasons, especially in January and July (vacationperiods) in Ubatuba Bay, with the consequent risk ofcontamination by mussel ingestion for the localpopulation and for tourists from other regions.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 118 (2000), S. 87-99 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): acetic acid extraction ; aqua regiadigestion ; heavy metals ; sediments ; total digestion
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Sediment analysis is very important ininvestigations of the heavy metal burden in theenvironment. In the present work various digestion andextraction procedures were evaluated in order toassess the extent of contamination with heavy metalsin sediments from the Moste hydroelectric reservoir.Total acid dissolution, aqua regia digestion andacetic acid extraction procedures were applied tosamples. Zn, Cd, Pb, Co, Ni, Cu and Cr were determinedby flame or electrothermal atomic absorptionspectrometry (FAAS, ETAAS) under optimized measurementconditions. A comparison of total acid dissolutionincluding hydrofluoric acid (HF) treatment and theaqua regia soluble fraction was made to estimatethe applicability of aqua regia digestion inanalysis of total metal concentrations in sediments.In general, good agreement of the results was observedfor Co, Pb, Cu and Zn, however for Cr, Ni and Cdsignificantly lower results were obtained in the aqua regia soluble fraction. In addition, an extraction procedure using 25% v/v acetic acid wasapplied for estimation of the extent of contaminationwith heavy metals originating from anthropogenicactivities. The results indicate that the sedimentsupstream of the reservoir are not contaminated, whilethe sediments from the hydroelectric reservoir showsa significant anthropogenic input of Ni, Zn and Pb,which corresponds well with pollution sources.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 103 (1998), S. 173-195 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): absorption ; edible mushrooms ; fruit bodies ; heavy metals ; sanitary standards ; wild berries
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The total concentrations of nickel, copper, chromium, strontium, arsenic, lead, cadmium and cobalt were measured in berries and mushrooms, as well as manganese and iron in mushrooms. The study area (about 3500 km2) is situated on the border of the northern taiga and tundra forests (68–69°N) and is affected by emissions from the extensive Ni-Cu smelter complex at Monchegorsk, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. Part of the study area, extending along the railway line used for transporting apatite concentrate, contains elevated quantity of strontium. Berries of Vaccinium vitis-idaea (82 samples), Vaccinium myrtillus (28), Rubus chamaemorus (42) and Empetrum hermaphroditum (40) and mushrooms of Leccinum auantiacum (47 samples), Leccinum scabrum (32), Russula vesca (25), Lactarius torminosus (8), Lactarius trivialis (9), Suillus luteus (10) and Xerocomus subtomentosus (20 specimens) were collected from 98 locations during 1987–1992. The nickel and copper concentrations in the berries, and nickel in mushrooms, correlated satisfactorily with the corresponding metal concentrations in the soil. The berries and mushroons growing over an area of at least 3000 km2 around the smelter complex are unsuitable for human consumption due to the elevated nickel concentrations caused by the smelter dust emissions. The berries and mushrooms gathered in the studied polluted forests were found to be contaminated by nickel by a factor of 15–30 times (berries) and 15–40 times (mushrooms) more than the background level. Increased levels of strontium were found close to the railway line. The concentrations of all the other metals in the studied area did not exceed sanitary standards.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 120 (2000), S. 29-45 
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    Schlagwort(e): geostatistics ; heavy metals ; samplingdesign ; soil contamination ; spatial variability
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    Notizen: Abstract The choice of a sampling design forassessing soil contamination is a key issue. The leveland spatial pattern of contaminants needs to be takeninto account by those buying, selling or developingsuch land. This paper evaluates sampling design andsize in order to provide satisfactory and efficientestimates of contamination levels. Geostatisticalmethods are used to quantify the spatial dependence ofheavy metals. Semivariance is calculated forlog-transformed data to minimise the effects ofextreme outliers. Several models at different samplingstages are presented for characterising spatialpattern of heavy metals at the investigated site.Variogram models are calculated for a range of samplesizes. The results are assessed by a jack-knifingtechnique and then used for block kriging. The overallconclusion is that a sample size of 50 to 60 isoptimal for characterising variability incontamination levels at an old industrial site of 6.25 ha.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 109 (1999), S. 397-406 
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    Schlagwort(e): chicory ; fly ash pH ; heavy metals
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    Notizen: Abstract Chicory was cultivated in a pot experiment using two soils of different pH. Treatments were NPK, fly ash (pH 8) + NP and fly ash (pH 12) + NP, respectively. Another series of pots received heavy metals in soluble form additionally to the described treatments. It was observed that fly ash causes generally a decrease in Zn, Cd, Ni and Cu concentrations of chicory. The reduction occurs both for the metals naturally present in the soil and, to a greater extent, for those added as salts. This effect is more evident when fly ash at pH 12, rather than that at pH 8, was used. The increase of soil-pH through the fly ash addition is the major factor decreasing heavy metal availability. It was observed that potassium originating from fly ash is not available for crop uptake.
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    Schlagwort(e): bootstrapping ; heavy metals ; Norway ; palaeolimnology ; partition coefficients ; pH ; redundancy analysis ; surface sediments
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    Notizen: Abstract Data from 96 headwater lakes from Norway are used to model heavy metal concentrations in surficial lake sediments in relation to atmospheric deposition. The study evaluates the application of sediment-water partitioning models at the field scale and finds optimum values for the partition coefficients. The impact of environment (sediment type, lake water pH, etc.) on KDvalues is explored directly by comparing KDestimates with environmental variables. KDvalues for each metal are found by optimising the fit between predicted and observed surface-sediment concentrations. The sensitivity of the KDestimates to data structure is examined by bootstrapping. KDvalues of 105.8and 106.2were calculated for cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb), respectively, comparable to recent direct observations. Biogenic silica influenced KDvalues for Cd, Pb and Zn, whereas lake depth influenced Pb. pH did not have any detectable effect. KDfor zinc (Zn) was less well defined, but higher than indicated by published experimental measurements. The results suggest that sediment-water partitioning models have an important contribution to make to field-scale lake studies of sediment heavy metals, and have important implications for palaeolimnological evaluations of heavy metal deposition.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 114 (1999), S. 251-276 
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    Schlagwort(e): canola meal ; energy dispersive X-ray ; heavy metals ; scanning electron microscopy ; sorption
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    Notizen: Abstract The results from this research indicate that canola meal (CM) can be used for adsorption of Zn2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+and Ni2+from aqueous solutions. The order of sorption for these metals in single metal systems was as follows (molar basis): Zn2+〉 Cu2+〉 Cd2+〉 Ni2+〉 Pb2+. It was noted that a decrease in the concentration of CM caused a higher metal loading on the meal. Increases in the metal concentration, temperature or pH resulted in increased sorption of the metals by the meal. The systems with identical ratios of CM to Zn2+concentrations, regardless of their levels, resulted in the same amount of metal adsorbed per unit weight of meal. The Freundlich isotherm type model was used in this study and was found to fit the experimental equilibrium concentration data of Zn2+and Cd2+; however, the Langmuir isotherm model fit only the equilibrium data of Zn2+. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDX) microanalyses revealed that the metal ions were sorbed mainly at the cell wall and only small amounts of ions diffused into the cytoplasm of the CM cells. The Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) tests were inconclusive regarding the direct participation of free radicals in copper sorption.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 114 (1999), S. 339-346 
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    Schlagwort(e): biomonitoring indices ; germination ; heavy metals ; lead ; mercury ; rice ; seedling growth
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    Notizen: Abstract Treatment of seeds of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars (Ratna and IR36) separately with 10-5and 10-4M PbCl2and HgCl2decreased germination percentage, germination index (GI), shoot and root length, tolerance index (TI), vigour index (VI) and dry mass of shoot and root but increased percentage difference from control (% DFC) of germination and percentage phytotoxicity in both the cultivars. It was observed from these indices that the phytotoxic effect of mercury was greater than lead at identical concentrations and that IR36 appeared more tolerant than Ratna to these metals. Among the monitoring indices examined, TI, VI, and % phytotoxicity seemed to serve as good biological monitoring methods for evaluating the relative toxicity of lead and mercury to rice cultivars.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 114 (1999), S. 413-421 
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; incineration ; medical waste ; Taiwan
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    Notizen: Abstract The purpose of this study was threefold: to investigate the types and amounts of medical waste from various hospitals in Taiwan; to analyze residues from incinerated medical waste for heavy metal content; and to measure the amount of infectious and general medical waste per bed per day and determine the ratio of infectious to general medical waste. Information was first obtained on the amounts of medical waste produced per bed per day and on waste handling and treatment. Next, residue samples were taken from incinerators and analyzed for heavy metal content. Third, daily records concerning waste content and weight from one hospital were kept over the period of one year. Chromium (Cr) and zinc (Zn) concentrations were significantly higher in medical waste than in general waste. Medical waste fluctuated significantly over the one-year period. Records showed that wastes containing dialysis material and wood/cotton materials were found to have the highest weight and wastes containing human organs had the lowest weight. Results of the present study underscore the need for all hospitals to effectively separate waste for proper treatment and disposal, particularly waste that produces residues which may be hazardous to the environment. In addition, hospitals also need to recycle or reuse certain materials in order to reduce waste production.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 115 (1999), S. 347-361 
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    Schlagwort(e): Bangladesh ; contamination ; heavy metals ; soils ; vegetation
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    Notizen: Abstract A study was conducted to investigate the heavy metal contamination of soil and vegetation in the vicinity of industries around Dhaka city in Bangladesh. Categorically soils, grass (Cynoden doctylon L), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes L), rice (Oryza sative L), and arum (Alocasia esculenta L) were collected from tannery, ceramic, textile dying and sulphuric acid producing industrial sites. The concentrations of total Cd, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn ranged from 0.1–1.8, 28–217, 106–577, 25–112, 17–99 and 53–477 mg kg−1 soil, respectively among the industrial sites. The concentrations of some heavy metals ranged from background levels to levels in excess of tolerable limits in agricultural soils. The concentrations of total Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn decreased with increasing distance from the disposal points of the tannery and the textile dying industries. Cadmium, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn showed highly significant (p 〈 0.01) positive correlations with their total and DTPA-extractable contents in soils. The concentrations of most heavy metals were also higher in the vegetation samples of tannery area and the content of Pb (13–45 mg kg−1) in grass samples exceeded the toxic limit. In correlation matrix, plant concentrations of Cu, Mn, Pb and Zn were significantly correlated with their total and extractable contents in soils.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 115 (1999), S. 465-479 
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    Schlagwort(e): gravel sludge ; heavy metals ; immobilization ; soil remediation
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    Notizen: Abstract Field plot studies were conducted on sandy loam soils in Dottikon, Rafz and Giornico contaminated by Zn, Cu and Cd to investigate the effectiveness of gravel sludge as an in situ immobilization additive. In addition to NaNO3-extractable heavy metal concentrations in the soil, metal concentrations in ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) were analyzed at two application doses of gravel sludge. Application of gravel sludge increased pH in all three topsoils by up to 0.6 units and reduced NaNO3-extractable Zn concentrations by more than 65%. No effect was seen for the NaNO3-extractable Cu concentrations in Rafz and even an increase resulted in Giornico. In Dottikon, gravel sludge additions decreased the NaNO3-extractable Cu concentrations from 0.97 to 0.7 mg kg−1 and reduced the concentrations of Zn and Cu by more than 35% in ryegrass. For lettuce grown in Giornico and Dottikon, we found reductions of Zn and Cd concentrations by 22 to 48%, whereas in Rafz, no significant variations were found. Immobilization by gravel sludge was most efficient in soils with high total/NaNO3-extractable heavy metal ratio and more effective for ryegrass than for lettuce. Part of the immobilization effect was due to a pH increase, caused by CaCO3 in gravel sludge.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 118 (2000), S. 131-142 
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    Schlagwort(e): Baiyin urban area ; cultivated graycalcareous soil ; heavy metals ; historical trend of pollution
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    Notizen: Abstract Concentrations of cadmium (Cd), copper(Cu), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn) and nickel(Ni) were measured in cultivated gray calcareous soilscollected in the two basins of Baiyin urban area. Thevalues revealed fluctuating and enriched Cd, Pb, Cuand Zn concentrations in the cultivated soils,suggesting recent inputs from anthropogenic sources.There also existed differences between these twodrainage areas, indicating the characteristics ofpollution sources differed. Concentrations of Cd, Pband to a lesser extent Cu and Zn were higher in thisregion as compared with the micrometal backgroundvalues in gray calcareous soil, which may beattributed to the proximity of these soil sites tocontaminated streams, or to the utilization offarmyard manure or fertilizers. Comparison of obtainedmetal concentration levels with other areas in theworld revealed elevated values for Cd and Pb, showinga considerable amount of pollution in the area.Continuous monitoring and further studies of the areaare recommended to ascertain long-term effect that mayhave not yet been reached and to prevent pollution offarmland from worsening.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 119 (2000), S. 295-316 
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    Schlagwort(e): air pollution ; atmosphere deposition ; fly ash ; heavy metals ; incineration ; major and trace elements
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    Notizen: Abstract Because municipal solid waste incineration is onepotential source of air pollution, the incinerationindustry has provoked great public concern, especiallyfor areas within 10–20 km of an incinerator. However,little work has been done to evaluate whetheran incinerator significantly contributes pollutants to nearbyareas. Rain and snow samples were collected at eightlocations distributed in a semi-circular patternradiating out in the prevailing wind direction fromthe Claremont incinerator, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Sodium, Mg, K, Ca, Fe, Al, B, Sr, Ba, Pb, Cr, Cd, V, Ni, Mn, As,Co, Cu, and Zn were analyzed in the solutions of rain and snowand in particulate fractions of rain samples. Principal component analysis was used toidentify the most important sources of atmosphericdeposition in an attempt to identify the contributionof heavy metal deposition due to the incinerator. Analyses show that the predominant sources of metaldeposition are very different for fall and winter. The most important source of metals for the rainsamples collected in fall 1996 is soil dust, but forthe snow samples collected in the winter 1997 isprobably coalfired fly ash. The Claremont incineratorcontributes less than 20% of the total variance of theelemental concentrations.
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    Schlagwort(e): acidity ; Ca ; extra-intracellular ; F. antipyretica ; heavy metals ; K ; Mg ; transplants
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    Notizen: Abstract With the aim of investigating the effects of wateracidity and metal concentrations on the accumulationof heavy metals by aquatic bryophytes, batches of Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw. were transplanted froma clean site to one of four sites with characteristicsranging from clean to severely contaminated (highacidity and high heavy metal concentrations). After 1–35 days, metal levels were determined in theextracellular and intracellular compartments of thetransplanted material. The results show that heavymetal uptake is clearly lower in acid waters than innear-neutral waters, possibly due to competitivedisplacement of metal cations from extracellularbinding sites and membrane transport proteins byprotons. The reduced accumulation is particularlymarked in the extracellular compartment; theintracellular compartment shows rapid accumulation oflarge amounts of metal, followed by equally rapidrelease. The effects of heavy metals and acidity onphysiology were also investigated, on the basis oflevels of the essential cations potassium (K),magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) in the extracellularand intracellular compartments. Bryophytestransplanted to the severely contaminated sites showedloss of intracellular K (indicating altered membranepermeability), loss of extracellular Mg, and loss ofboth extra- and intracellular Ca (implying damage tothe cell wall).
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    Water, air & soil pollution 89 (1996), S. 317-335 
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    Schlagwort(e): Soil remediation ; extraction ; heavy metals
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    Notizen: Abstract Effective remediation and sanitation technologies for soils contaminated with heavy metals are limited. We investigated the feasibility of a counter-current metal extraction procedure for the removal of selected heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Ph, and Zn) from two contaminated soils. The process involved a decarbonation (removal of carbonates), acid solubilisation, washing, and liming step. Results from batch equilibration experiments simulating the counter-current process showed more than 85% of the Cd present to be removed. Removal efficiencies for Cu and Pb were limited to approximately 15%, this mainly due to resorption of these elements during the decarbonation step. As most Zn was found to be present in a more difficult acid-extractable solid phase, its extractability accounted for only 25%. While reaction (pH) conditions of both decarbonation and solubilisation determined removal efficiencies, washing the extracted soil with deionized water only slightly increased the amount of metals removed. Metal distribution among solid phases — exchangeable, carbonate, reducible, organically bound, and residual — was affected by the different treatments. The amount of metals contained in the exchangeable and residual fractions determined their extractability. Except for Cu, the reducible and organically bound fractions were less important. After solubilisation 13 to 70% of the metals were present in an exchangeable solid phase. This implicates that washing the solubilized soil with a salt may increase the extractability of metals, especially for Zn and Pb. Based on our results the process is critically evaluated and possibilities for optimization formulated.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 95 (1997), S. 119-131 
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    Schlagwort(e): geochemical investigations ; geochemical validation ; heavy metals ; ICP-AES ; environmental monitoring
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract A little known alternative to highcost environmental analysis, especially in Europe, is the use of commercially available, lowcost exploration geochemical laboratory analysis. To test for suitable accuracy and precision, both indicated parameters were monitored during several sample runs for environmental examinations at a selected commercial geochemical laboratory using various digestive methods and ICP-AES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry). By evaluating duplicate samples and repeated measurements of internal standards and comparing the results with precision needed for environmental investigations, exploration geochemical analysis is found to be more than adequate for most elements and digestive methods in environmental applications. Accuracy is highest for total digestion ICP-AES analysis, with expectedly greater error margins for aqua regia digestion. Lowcost exploration geochemical analysis is an inexpensive analytical tool for screening, detailed investigations and monitoring of contaminated sites.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 1-16 
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; pollution ; sandy soils ; zinc smelter
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Sandy soils, in the border area of Belgium and the Netherlands (the Kempen region), are heavily contaminated by atmospheric deposition of cadmium and zinc from nearby smelters. Groundwater contamination by leaching from these low retention soils is subject of study. There are reports of high cadmium and zinc concentrations in groundwater in the area, but in most cases the direct sources are unknown. In an attempt to predict present or future risk of groundwater contamination by soil leaching, metal binding processes (retardation) were studied that are specific for these soil types under the existing acidifying conditions. From four fields nine contaminated profiles were sampled and analyzed for cadmium and zinc. Average concentrations of 131 μg g-1 zinc and 1.6 μg g-1 cadmium with maximum values of 2989 μg g-1 respectively 16.3 μg g-1 were found. In addition pH and contents of organic matter, aluminium, iron, and manganese were determined. The relative importance of these soil parameters for metal retardation is derived from the profiles. The data show that organic matter is the most important soil component for binding cadmium and zinc. Adsorption of cadmium and zinc on aluminium, iron and manganese (hydr) oxides appears to be of minor importance at low pH (〈5.5).
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    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 1-16 
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; pollution ; sandy soils ; zinc smelter
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Sandy soils, in the border area of Belgium and the Netherlands (the Kempen region), are heavily contaminated by atmospheric deposition of cadmium and zinc from nearby smelters. Groundwater contamination by leaching from these low retention soils is subject of study. There are reports of high cadmium and zinc concentrations in groundwater in the area, but in most cases the direct sources are unknown. In an attempt to predict present or future risk of groundwater contamination by soil leaching, metal binding processes (retardation) were studied that are specific for these soil types under the existing acidifying conditions. From four fields nine contaminated profiles were sampled and analyzed for cadmium and zinc. Average concentrations of 131μg g−1 zinc and 1.6μg g−1 cadmium with maximum values of 2989μg g−1 respectively 16.3μg g−1 were found. In addition pH and contents of organic matter, aluminium, iron, and manganese were determined. The relative importance of these soil parameters for metal retardation is derived from the profiles. The data show that organic matter is the most important soil component for binding cadmium and zinc. Adsorption of cadmium and zinc on aluminium, iron and manganese (hydr) oxides appears to be of minor importance at low pH (〈5.5).
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    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 39-59 
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    Schlagwort(e): acid mine drainage ; heavy metals ; jarosite ; soils ; Sweden
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    Notizen: Abstract The discharge of acidic mine drainage waters onto a hillslope in Dalarna, central Sweden, has lead to the contamination of the podzol soils with Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn and sulfate. Samples from contaminated and reference soils have been collected for chemical and mineralogical analyses. Jarosite is identified by x-ray diffraction analysis as a precipitate in the upper horizons (A, E, B) of the contaminated soils, where the soil acidity (pHKCl∼2.6) promotes jarosite stability. The sequential chemical extraction of soil samples indicates that, in the reference A horizon, Cu, Pb, Ni and Zn are bound primarily to cation exchange sites and organic matter. In the A horizon of the contaminated soils closest to the rock dump, metal partitioning is dominated by the Fe oxide fractions, despite the high organic matter content; Pb is almost completely bound to crystalline Fe oxides, possibly adsorbed to Fe oxides or occuring in a jarosite solid solution. In the reference B and C horizons, Cu, Ni and Zn are primarily adsorbed/coprecipitated in the Fe oxide fractions, while Pb remains with a large fraction bound to organic matter. In the Fe-rich B horizon of the contaminated soils, the partitioning of the metals in cation exchange sites and to organic matter has greatly increased relative to the reference soils, resulting from the mobilization of organo-metal complexes down the profile.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 61-71 
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    Schlagwort(e): allotment gardens ; dustfall ; ground water ; heavy metals ; oil refinery ; soil ; vegetables
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract In the period 1984–1990 the following vegetables were grown: red beet, carrot and parsley in four allotment gardens of Płock city (Central Poland), situated near the refinery and petrochemical works. Cadmium, lead, copper, chromium, zinc and manganese concentrations were determined in the leaves and roots of vegetables. The heavy metal accumulation in the soil, dustfall (measure of air pollution), and ground water was determined. The quality of the vegetable yield, notably of the leaves, was low. This was mainly due to the excessive chromium and cadmium content in the leaves. Accumulation of heavy metals was relatively low in the soil, rather high in the ground water and variable in the dust.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 90 (1996), S. 543-556 
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; solubility ; redox potential ; pH ; soil
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    Notizen: Abstract To assess the mobilities of Pb, Cd, and Zn from a contaminated soil, the effects of redox potential and pH value on metal solubilities were investigated. Both redox potential and pH were found to greatly affect heavy metal solubility in the soil. Results showed that the soil suspension under continuous oxygen aeration for 21 days resulted in increases of redox potential from 290 to 440 mV and pH value from 6.9 to 7.0, respectively. Soluble concentrations of Pb, Cd, and Zn varied with time, and were all lower than 1 mg kg−1. When the soil suspension was aerated with nitrogen, final redox potential was −140 mV and pH value of 7.1. The soluble metal concentrations were slightly higher than those aerated with oxygen. The equilibrium solubility experiments were conducted under three different pH values (3.3, 5.0, 8.0) and three redox potential (325, 0, −100 mV). Results showed that metals were sparingly soluble under alkaline conditions (pH = 8.0). Metal solubilities were higher when under slightly acidic conditions (pH = 5.0), and increased drastically when pH was kept at 3.3. When solubilities were compared under same pH values, it was observed that metal solubilities increased as redox potential decreased. Generally speaking, acidic and reducing conditions were most favorable for metal solubilization, and the effect of pH was more significant than that of redox potential. It was proposed that heavy metals were mostly adsorbed onto Fe-Mn oxyhydroxides. The pH-dependent metal adsorption reaction and the dissolution of Fe-Mn oxyhydroxides under reducing conditions was the mechanism controlling the release of heavy metals from soils.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 99 (1997), S. 255-263 
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; sediments ; pollution ; resuspension ; release processes ; bioavailability ; anthropogenic metal ; residual metal ; geochemical phases
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The space-time distribution of some pollutants (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Fe, Mn, V, Ni, Cr) in the sludge of the canals of Venice was studied. The contamination levels were comparable to, or higher, than those measured in the most polluted sediments of the Lagoon of Venice. Sediments were collected by two different sampling techniques: 1) collection of sediment cores (upper 5 cm) by a syringe-type corer; 2) collection by traps, placed on the bottom of the canal. Traps permitted the sampling of sediments essentially resuspended by overlying water turbulence. This sediment fraction is subjected to variations of its physicochemical parameters (principally change of redox conditions) and therefore to pollutant exchange at the water/sediment interface. The metals principally exchanged during sediment resuspension were Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu. These metals have principally an anthropogenic origin and are bound to the most labile geochemical phases of the sediment (such as sulphides), which can be oxidised during sediment resuspension, releasing metals into the water. Fe, Cr and Ni were only partially exchanged, while Mn and V were generally not exchanged; a significant fraction of these metals is of natural origin and is bound to the most refractory phases of the sediment.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 409-417 
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    Schlagwort(e): CO2 evolution ; heavy metals ; loading effect ; metal equivalent
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    Notizen: Abstract In a laboratory study the effects on soil respiration of trace metals (Ni, Cd, Cu, Mn, Pb, Zn)added at loading rates ranging from 0 to 1000 µg g-1 were determined. Differences intoxicity with respect to the type of metal salt added were also evaluated. The inhibitory effect onsoil respiration differed considerably among the heavy metals and increased with the increasingloading rate. No linear relationships were found between the degree of inhibition and the levels oftotal and available metals. Toxicity evaluation at 20 and 50% inhibition of soil respiration showedCu as the most toxic and Mn as the most tolerable metal. A ‘metal equivalent’ was calculated asthe sum of the amounts of the available metals weighted to their relative toxicity with respect tothe least toxic one: Mn equivalent = Mn + 1.9Pb + 2.1Ni + 2.5Zn + 6.7Cd + 6.7Cu. The ionicpotential of the heavy metals was found to be positively related to the percent inhibition of soilrespiration. Chlorides and sulphates appeared to depress soil respiration more than nitrates, thelatter counter-balancing the toxic effect of the heavy metals.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 93-108 
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    Schlagwort(e): straw ash ; ashes ; bottom ash ; fly ash ; biofuel ; cereal straw ; rape straw ; straw combustion ; fertilizer ; plant nutrients ; heavy metals
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    Notizen: Abstract The composition of 79 samples of straw ash from seven heating plants in Sweden wasanalysed with the aim of evaluating straw ash as a fertilizer and liming agent. The variation in ashcomposition was explained mainly by ash fraction (bottom ash vs. fly ash) and straw type (wheat,barley, rye, rape) but also by heating plant. Compared with concentrations of Zn, Pb and Cd inbottom ash, levels in fly ash were 10-90 times higher. Fly ash also contained more Cu and Kcompared with bottom ash. The Cd/P ratio was 0.03 in bottom ash and 0.6 g Cd/kg P in fly ash.Ash from rape straw had a higher Ca content and liming effect compared with ash from cerealstraw; e.g., the liming effect of rape ash was more than three times higher than that of wheat ash.The liming effect varied between 3.5 and 44% CaO and depended mainly on the Ca content. Theaverage P content was 1.7% (0.2-4.4%), with slightly higher concentration in rape ash than inwheat ash. The potential for using straw ash as a fertilizer and liming agent is discussed. Compared withcommercial fertilizers the use of bottom ash as a P fertilizer results in a lower addition of Cd.However, the total heavy metal content of straw ash poses a potential problem.
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  • 65
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; TNR ; stream sediments ; Suquía River
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    Notizen: Abstract The Suquía is a semiarid (rainfall, 700–900 mm y−1), medium-size (7700 km2) river system located in central Argentina. Its mountainous upper catchment includes pristine areas as well as a variety of human settlements and a reservoir lake. A large city (Córdoba, ca. 1.3 million inhabitants) and a terminal hypersaline lake are included in the middle and lower basin. Total non-residual (TNR) heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Ni, Zn, Mn, and Fe) have been determined in river bed sediments in two seasons (spring and autumn), seeking to establish the factors which control the temporal and spatial variability. The major findings were: a) concentrations of TNR metals were, in general, higher during springtime than during autumn, particularly downstream from the city of Córdoba; b) organic matter played a significant role as a controlling factor wherever it defined reducing conditions, lowering the concentrations of Mn and Fe hydrous oxides; c) a higher organic load (e.g., downstream the city) and more pronounced reducing conditions could be the causes for the increased Fe concentration, probably precipitated as sulfides; d) organic matter exhibited a closer correlation with some TNR metals in autumn, probably caused by a larger capacity for complexation in the biologically-processed organic debris; and, e) the existence of pristine areas in the drainage basin allowed for the calculation of enrichment factors (EF) which show the significance of several environmental impacts in the Suquía system.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 99 (1997), S. 651-659 
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    Schlagwort(e): River sediments ; biofilms ; organic micropollutants ; heavy metals ; temporal variations ; biosorption ; accumulation processes
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    Notizen: Abstract In a partly urbanized catchment to the south of Trier, Germany, short term variations in river sediment compounds as well as the bioaccumulation of pollutants on surface associated microbial coatings (biofilms) were investigated weekly during a period of six months. Concentrations of selected heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Pb), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and for microbial characterisation protein, carbohydrate and uronic acid were analyzed. Sorption processes on biofilms were determined by temporal variations in pollutants and microbial parameters and through the comparison of sorbed substances in biofilms and sediments. The results show, that sorption events on biofilms play an important and dynamic role in spring and summer for transport and accumulation of the investigated pollutants in the aquatic environment. The amount of pollutants sorbed on sediment particles is not only dependent on the particulate bound or solved pollutants in the river water, but is strongly controlled by the changing conditions of the biofilms.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 94 (1997), S. 85-98 
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    Schlagwort(e): soil ; pollution ; heavy metals ; smelters ; factor analysis
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    Notizen: Abstract A combined statistical and computergraphic approach is proposed for apportionment and attribution of soil contaminants in complex areas. The field test site lies north of Swansea, south Wales and contains two major pollutant sources, an active nickel refiner and (4 km away) the site of major base metal smelting in the nineteenth century (the Lower Swansea Valley reclamation study area). Soil samples (70 samples, 0–15 cm) were collected on a regular grid of 1000 m interval. They were extracted using 0.05 M diammonium EDTA and the extracts analysed for Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. Soil pH and %organic content were also determined. Factor analysis yielded three groups which explained 73.8% of the data variance (1: Cd, Cu, %OM, Pb, Zn, Ni; 2: Cd, Zn, Mn, pH; 3: Cu, Mn, Co, Ni, Fe). Isoline plots were classifiable into the same three groups. It was concluded that factor 3 contained those elements associated with smelter emissions, factor 1 with contamination from the Lower Swansea Valley and in factor 2 pedogenetic processes control the occurrence of the elements.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 95 (1997), S. 119-131 
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    Schlagwort(e): geochemical investigations ; geochemical validation ; heavy metals ; ICP-AES ; environmental monitoring
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    Notizen: Abstract A little known alternative to highcost environmental analysis, especially in Europe, is the use of commercially available, lowcost exploration geochemical laboratory analysis. To test for suitable accuracy and precision, both indicated parameters were monitored during several sample runs for environmental examinations at a selected commercial geochemical laboratory using various digestive methods and ICP-AES(Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry). By evaluating duplicate samples and repeated measurements of internal standards and comparing the results with precision needed for environmental investigations, exploration geochemical analysis is found to be more than adequate for most elements and digestive methods in environmental applications. Accuracy is highest for total digestion ICP-AES analysis, with expectedly greater error margins for aqua regia digestion. Lowcost exploration geochemical analysis is an inexpensive analytical tool for screening, detailed investigations and monitoring of contaminated sites.
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  • 69
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    Schlagwort(e): Acari ; bioindicators ; Gamasida ; heavy metals ; Oribatida ; Scots pine forest
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    Notizen: Abstract The soil mites were investigated in the areas covered with dead needles in young Scots pine forests (plant associationLeucobryo-Pinetum), polluted by a copper smelting works at Głogów, and in a control plot. The concentration of heavy metals, mainly copper and lead, was the lowest in the control plot, and increased towards the pollution source. A high concentration of these metals reduced the density of mites and species number of Oribatida and Gamasida, while small concentrations were associated with the increasing abundance of mites and species number of Oribatida. Among mites, the following categories were distinguished: a) sensitive to heavy metals, b) sensitive to a high concentration, but tolerant of small concentrations, and c) tolerant of these metals. The changed vertical distribution of mites in the most polluted soil was also observed, due to accumulation of heavy metals in the Of/h horizon.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 46 (1997), S. 279-287 
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    Schlagwort(e): Delaware Bay ; eggs ; horseshoe crab ; heavy metals ; muscle
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and manganese concentrations were measured in the eggs of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from 1993, 1994 and 1995; and from chelicera muscle in 1995 from Delaware Bay. Metal concentrations in the eggs represent levels derived from females. In eggs, mercury levels were below 100 ppb or were non-dectable; cadmium levels were generally low in 1993 and 1995 but were relatively higher in 1994; lead levels in eggs decreased from 558 ppb in 1993 to 87 ppm in 1995; selenium increased from 1993 to 1995; chromium decreased from 1993 to 1995; and manganese generally decreased. Leg muscles had significantly lower levels of all metals than eggs, except for mercury.
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  • 71
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; organochlorines ; red fox
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    Notizen: Abstract Heavy metals and organochlorine contamination were analyzed in tissues of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the Province of Siena (central Italy). Mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) concentrations were assessed in liver tissues and the data were analyzed for differences in relation to sex and age. Overall Hg, Cd and Pb mean values were 0.16, 0.62 and 0.64 μg g_1 d.w., respectively. HCB, DDT and PCB concentrations were assayed in fatty tissues and muscle. The highest levels of those pollutants were found in muscle (0.47, 1.16 and 20.2 μg g_1 lipid basis of HCB, DDTs and PCBs respectively), rather than in fat (0.23, 0.49 and 7.2 μg g_1 l.b. of HCB, DDTs and PCBs respectively). Pollutant accumulation was analyzed in relation to sex, age and sexual maturity of females.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 47 (1997), S. 89-108 
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    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; ions ; New Brunswick ; precipitation ; snowpack ; soils ; vegetables
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    Notizen: Abstract Concentrations of heavy metals and major ions were measured in precipitation, snowpack, garden soils and vegetables from urban and rural sites in New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada. Atmospheric loading of mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, strontium, and vanadium need further assessment. Vanadium concentrations in precipitation, snowpack, soils and vegetables showed an urban influence. Vanadium concentrations in the snowpack ranged between 〈2.0 ppb at 50 kilometers from the city center to 31.4 ppb in the city. Concentrations of all heavy metals in urban soils were less than CCME remediation guidelines but selected metals exceeded the assessment benchmark non-regulatory guidelines. Major ions were consistently higher in event precipitation than the snowpack. The order of ion elution from the snowpack was NO3 〉 SO4 〉 NH4 〉 H 〉 Mg 〉 Cl 〉 Na 〉 K. Hydrogen ion equivalents were highest in the snowpack and precipitation from urban samples. Mean hydrogen ion concentrations ranged from 11 to 22 μeq L-1 in the snowpack compared with 18 to 41 μeq L-1 in event precipitation.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 55 (1999), S. 389-399 
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    Schlagwort(e): accumulation ; heavy metals ; mine spoils ; vegetation ; soil-plant relationships
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    Notizen: Abstract The presence of heavy metals (Cr, Ni and Fe) in soil and accumulated by herbs, shrubs and trees regenerated naturally on the minewaste-dumps of Sukinda chromite mines (TISCO sector) were investigated. There was significant correlationship between Cr and Fe in the soil where a tree species (Catunaregam spinosa) occurred. Guazuma ulmifolia and Diospyros montana also did show significant correlation between leaf, stem and soil for Cr, Ni and Fe. Among the shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, Chromolaena odorata, Phyllanthus reticulatus and Woodfordia fruticosa) significant and positive correlations were obtained for Cr and Ni in soil and iron and nickel in leaf and chromium and nickel in stem. Among the annual herbs, whole plant of tephrosia purpurea and Borrevia articularis showed significant and positive correlation with chromium and nickel with the maximum correlation coefficient value. It was concluded that the above information would be useful in revegetation programmes in subtropical regions having seasonal rainfall.
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  • 74
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    Schlagwort(e): birds ; environmental pollutants ; heavy metals
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    Notizen: Abstract Levels of environmental pollutants are usually higher in mainland and coastal areas than in offshore or oceanic islands due to higher inputs from agricultural and industrial sources. Levels of heavy metals are usually higher in adult than in young birds, because they have had longer to accumulate metals in their tissues, and/or because they may eat larger, more contaminated, prey. We examined the levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, and selenium in the adults and young of Bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca), Christmas shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) and red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) on Midway Atoll, and adult wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) on Midway Atoll and on Manana Island (off Oahu) in the northern Pacific. All birds were analyzed individually except for Christmas Shearwater chicks where samples were pooled to obtain sufficient quantities for analysis. Significant (p〈0.05) age-related differences were found for mercury, selenium, manganese and chromium in Bonin petrels, for selenium and mercury in Christmas shearwaters, and for chromium and mercury in Red-tailed Tropicbirds. Lead approached significance for all three species. Adults had higher levels than young except for chromium and manganese in the petrels and arsenic in all three species. There were significant interspecific differences in concentrations of all metals except arsenic for the adults nesting on Midway. Christmas shearwaters had the highest levels of all metals except mercury and chromium. Bonin petrels, the smallest species examined, had mercury levels that were over three times higher than any of the adults of the other three species. For wedge-tailed shearwaters, levels of chromium and lead were significantly higher, and manganese and selenium were lower on Midway than Manana. Knowledge of the foraging ranges and habits of these far-ranging seabirds is inadequately known, but does not currently explain the observed differences among species. We could not find a consistent pattern of differences between the burrow nesting species (Bonin petrel, Wedge-tailed shearwater) and the surface nesting tropicbirds. There was no consistent pairwise correlation between any metals across all species.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 59 (1999), S. 321-330 
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    Schlagwort(e): agar diffusion assay ; Arabian Gulf ; chromogenic bacteria ; heavy metals ; toxicity
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    Notizen: Abstract A simple method – direct agar diffusion assay – was optimised for rapid assessment of heavy metal toxicity to marine chromogenic and non-chromogenic bacteria. The procedure involved spotting of a 10 microliter test solution on the seeded agar plate and incubation of the plates at 30°C to accelerate bacterial growth. Under optimum conditions, test results were obtainable within 12–18 hr instead of 96 hr incubation time generally required for a marine bacterial assay by conventional agar plate methods. A range of sixteen heavy metals, each at 5 different concentrations was tested. Toxicity was demonstrated by the formation of a clear zone of growth inhibition around the point of application. Toxicity of tested chemicals could be easily demonstrated at concentrations as low as 0.1 μg per spot on the agar plate. A dose dependent relation between metal concentration (μg/spot) and the diameter of the clear zone on agar plate was observed, suggesting potential of this method as an easy and economical tool in quantitative toxicology studies.
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  • 76
    ISSN: 1573-3017
    Schlagwort(e): red wood ant ; phosphoa denine nucleotides ; enzyme patterns ; heavy metals ; tolerance
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Biochemical and physiological effects of prolonged feeding of the ant Formica aquilonia, in natural conditions with excess of cadmium or mercury, were studied. In all developmental stages metals caused the time-dependent increase of AMP, parallel with a decrease of ATP and the pool size of adenylates. This was reflected by a low adenylate energy charge (AEC) index and accompanied by an inhibition of ATPases. Despite the fall in the adenylate pool of workers, the levels of adenylate energy charge confirmed their ability to maintain energetic balance. Prolonged access to food highly contaminated with Cd, or Cd with Hg, diminished these adaptive abilities, but pre-adaptive reactions (not correlated with the metal load) were induced. Activity patterns of enzymes involved in energy metabolism showed metal dependent inhibitory effects, but repeated contamination evoked some compensatory mechanisms, both in workers and in the pupal stage from the next generations. Cadmium (indirectly) stimulated the esterases and free radical scavengers. Compensatory mechanisms were insufficient in insects contaminated with both Hg and Cd, even causing family disappearance, through increased mortality and migration to other colonies. Compensatory mechanisms expressed by the adult workers appeared to be of a phenotypic origin
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    Ecotoxicology 7 (1998), S. 161-173 
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    Schlagwort(e): copper ; heavy metals ; laboratory experiment ; soft sediment ; macrofauna ; assemblages
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Assemblages of marine benthic invertebrates have been shown to differ in areas with or without contamination by heavy metals. In this study, soft sediment assemblages were exposed to sediments and water treated with copper (in the form of Cu EDTA) in a laboratory experiment to test the hypothesis that copper could create differences in infaunal assemblages. The patterns of survival of all taxa were monitored and compared to the controls. Copper was found to reduce the abundance of most taxa, but the size of the response varied between taxa. Crustaceans were particularly sensitive to both the laboratory conditions and copper and were the most severely affected. Polychaetes were more resilient, surviving well in the controls and being reduced in abundance in polluted treatments, but with some families persisting in even the severely polluted treatment until the end of the experiment. Bivalves and gastropods were also reduced in number in the polluted treatments and unaffected in the controls. Oligochaetes and nemerteans did not respond in any particular pattern to any treatment or control. The results are discussed in relation to extrapolating results from ecotoxicological studies to predictions of ecosystem response to heavy metal pollution and pollution in general. It is concluded that laboratory ecotoxicological studies provide excellent evidence for potential effects. If used in collaboration with surveys and manipulative experiments in the field they can demonstrate causal links between pollutants and environmental impacts.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 89 (1996), S. 167-187 
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    Schlagwort(e): Pulp and paper mill sludge ; nitrogen ; DOC ; heavy metals ; water quality
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Primary sludge, secondary sludge, and wood ash from a pulp and paper mill were combined with sand to create a synthetic topsoil (C:N ratio of 18:1) to restore an abandoned gravel pit. Synthetic topsoil was applied to field microcosms at rates equivalent to 0, 2170, 4341, or 6511 kg N/ha; each was seeded with grass. Fifteen chemical constituents in leachate were measured during two field seasons. Cadmium, Ni and Zn were mobilized rapidly by soil disturbance. Chloride and SO4-S eluted rapidly from the sludge along with Na. Nitrate leached with Ca late in each field season when sludge N-mineralization and nitrification exceeded plant uptake and microbial immobilization. Ammonium elution was negligible. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was mobilized by decomposition of organic matter in the sludge, as were Mg and K. Copper eluted with DOC, probably as an organic ligand. Lead and ortho-P were below our detection limits. We concluded that a synthetic topsoil with a 30:1 C:N ratio applied at a rate of 2100-4300 kg N/ha should provide adequate plant nutrition while minimizing water quality hazards.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 185-201 
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    Schlagwort(e): Avenidas basin ; Pachuca mines ; hydrochemistry ; hydrochemical facies ; heavy metals ; groundwater
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Groundwater in the Rio de las Avenidas sub-basin corresponds to the bicarbonate-sodium and bicarbonate-calcium hydrochemical facies, which result from the mineralization of water passing through alkaline rocks (andesites) which prevail in this basin. However, the presence of high concentrations of Na+ and K+ reveals the existence of an external inflow of these elements: the registered mean values are respectively 94.3 and 19.0 ppm, with the Tèllez and Tizayuca areas standing out with reported values of up to 142 ppm. As for the concentration of soluble water cations, we find in decreasing order: Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, along with the anions HCO3 −, Cl−, SO4 2−, CO3 −, which combine to form the NaHCO3, NaCl, Ca(HCO3)2, MgSO4 and KCl salts. The presence of biological contaminants, P and detergents in the groundwater indicates that it may have been contaminated by waste water. In addition to the contaminants mentioned above, large quantities of Pb, B, Zn, Fe, Mn, Cr, Co were detected and although Fe, Pb, Zn, B, and Mn are closely related to the local lithology, the high concentrations of these elements along with the occurrence of Co, Cr, Cd, and Ni confirm the gradual degradation of the aquifers in the sub-basin. The water temperature indicates the existence of low temperature thermal processes in the area.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 61-71 
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    Schlagwort(e): allotment gardens ; dustfall ; ground water ; heavy metals ; oil refinery ; soil ; vegetables
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract In the period 1984–1990 the following vegetables were grown: red beet, carrot and parsley in four allotment gardens of Płock city (Central Poland), situated near the refinery and petrochemical works. Cadmium, lead, copper, chromium, zinc and manganese concentrations were determined in the leaves and roots of vegetables. The heavy metal accumulation in the soil, dustfall (measure of air pollution), and ground water was determined. The quality of the vegetable yield, notably of the leaves, was low. This was mainly due to the excessive chromium and cadmium content in the leaves. Accumulation of heavy metals was relatively low in the soil, rather high in the ground water and variable in the dust.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 50 (1998), S. 159-171 
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    Schlagwort(e): age ; biomonitoring ; heavy metals ; seabirds
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The effects of age on cadmium concentrations was investigated in Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea, Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus, and great skuas, Catharacta skua. There was no evidence for the continued accumulation of cadmium with increasing adult age. Adult shearwaters did have higher concentrations of cadmium compared to young fledglings, but there was no significant difference between cadmium concentrations in adult and sub-adult gulls. In addition, the sample of great skuas were of known age (3–22 yrs old) and showed no evidence of increasing cadmium concentrations with adult age in liver or kidney. However, it is possible that age accumulation of cadmium in great skuas was masked by individual dietary preferences overriding the effects of increasing age. It is often assumed that cadmium concentrations continue to accumulate with increasing adult age, but seabirds may have evolved some as yet unknown mechanism for excretion or more rapid turnover of cadmium than previously thought. The implications of this for the use of seabirds as biomonitors is discussed.
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    Ecotoxicology 3 (1994), S. 180-192 
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    Schlagwort(e): adaptation ; damage ; drought ; fluorinated compounds ; heavy metals ; phytochelatins ; proline ; putrescine ; seleno amino acids ; stress
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    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The potential of metabolites, enzymatic processes and changes in plant performance as biomarkers in environmental assessment is reviewed. Biomarkers may be used as an early warning system of specific or general stress at each biological level, from molecules to ecosystems. The sensitivity of a species and, thus, the efficiency of a biomarker will depend on the degree of already present adaptation to environmental stress and on the homogeneity of the investigated population. Biomarkers for specific environmental stresses are scarce; better known are biomarkers for environmental stress complexes such as heavy metals, physiological drought and extreme temperature or biomarkers as a reaction on a full scale of environmental stresses. It is argued that a battery of biomarkers is necessary to evaluate chemical hazards to species.
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  • 83
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    Schlagwort(e): copper ; element flux ; heavy metals ; Pinus ; soil pollution ; understorey vegetation
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    Notizen: Abstract Distribution and fluxes of copper within Pinus sylvestris stands were studied during 1992–1994 along a heavy-metal pollution gradient in south-western Finland. The stands are situated at distances of 0.5, 4 and 8 km from a copper-nickel smelter that started operating in 1945 at Harjavalta. According to the results, copper concentrations in the soil, in the understorey vegetation and in the trees increased steeply towards the smelter. Almost 50 years' accumulation of heavy metals in the soil has caused direct toxic effects to soil microbes, thus decreasing decomposition and nutrient mineralisation. During the past few years, sulphur and heavy metal emissions from the copper and nickel smelter have been radically decreased. However, the heavy metals which have been accumulating in the soil for decades continue to affect the vegetation for a long time through soil processes. Consequently, long-term accumulation in the soil has to be taken into account when determining the critical loads of forest ecosystems for heavy metals.
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  • 84
    ISSN: 1573-1642
    Schlagwort(e): decomposition ; heavy metals ; litterbags ; nitrification ; nitrogen mineralization ; urbanization
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Vermessung , Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract We investigated litter mass loss and soil nitrogen (N)-transformation rates in oak stands along a 130-km, urban-rural transect originating in New York City to examine the relationship between changes in these parameters and previously documented differences in soil temperature, heavy metal and total salt concentrations, and soil biota. Reference litter from a rural site was placed in litterbags, and rates of mass loss and changes in N concentration in litter residues were measured over a 6-month period. Net N-mineralization and nitrification rates were measured in A horizon soils using laboratory incubations under constant moisture and temperature. Both mass loss (76%) and N release (65%) from litterbags reached their maximum in urban stands, whereas net N-mineralization rates were 2.3-fold higher than in rural A horizon soils. Litter fragmentation by earthworms and higher soil temperatures are potential causes of the higher mass loss rates observed in urban stands. The higher releases of N measured in the urban litterbags could be a result of their faster mass loss rates, exogenous inputs of N from atmospheric deposition, a relatively low heterotrophic demand for N, or a combination of these factors. The results of this study suggest that in comparison with rural stands, urban forests are characterized by comparatively high rates of litter decomposition, and may also be characterized by comparatively high rates of N mineralization. Additional studies are needed to test whether these effects are common to urban environments in general.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 96 (1997), S. 185-201 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): Avenidas basin ; Pachuca mines ; hydrochemistry ; hydrochemical facies ; heavy metals ; groundwater
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Groundwater in the Rio de las Avenidas sub-basin corresponds to the bicarbonate-sodium and bicarbonate-calcium hydrochemical facies, which result from the mineralization of water passing through alkaline rocks (andesites) which prevail in this basin. However, the presence of high concentrations of Na+ and K+ reveals the existence of an external inflow of these elements: the registered mean values are respectively 94.3 and 19.0 ppm, with the Tèllez and Tizayuca areas standing out with reported values of up to 142 ppm. As for the concentration of soluble water cations, we find in decreasing order: Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+,along with the anions HCO3 -, Cl-, SO4 2-, CO3 -, which combine to form the NaHCO3, NaCl, Ca(HCO3 2, MgSO4 and KCl salts. The presence of biological contaminants, P and detergents in the groundwater indicates that it may have been contaminated by waste water. In addition to the contaminants mentioned above, large quantities of Pb, B, Zn, Fe, Mn, Cr, Co were detected and although Fe, Pb, Zn, B,and Mn are closely related to the local lithology, the high concentrations of these elements along with the occurrence of Co, Cr, Cd, and Ni confirm the gradual degradation of the aquifers in the sub-basin. The water temperature indicates the existence of low temperature thermal processes in the area.
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  • 86
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    Water, air & soil pollution 90 (1996), S. 531-542 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; smelting ; soil contamination ; plant contamination
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Forms of Cu, Ni, and Zn in the contaminated soils of the Sudbury mining/smelting district were studied to assess metal mobility and plant availability. Soil, tufted grass (Deschampsia caespitosa (L.) Beauv.), tickle grass (Agrostis scabra Willd.), dwarf birch (Betula pumila L. var. glandulifera Regel) and white birch (Betula paprifera Marsh.) leaf and twig samples were taken from 20 locations around three Cu-Ni smelters. The sampling sites were collected to cover a wide range of soil pH and soil Cu and Ni concentrations. The water-soluble, exchangeable, sodium acetate-soluble, and total concentrations of the metals in the soils were analyzed. The soils were contaminated with Cu and Ni up to 2000 µg g−1. Zinc concentrations were also elevated in some samples above the normal soil level of 100 µg g−1. The mobility of Cu and Zn, expressed as the proportion of metals in Fl and F2 forms, increased with soil pH decrease. A strong positive correlation was found between the soil exchangeable (F2) Ni and the soil pH. Concentrations of Cu and Ni in birch twigs showed a good linear relationship with exchangeable forms of the metals in soils. A highly significant correlation was also found between total Ni in soils and the metal content of the twigs. No significant correlation was found between Zn concentrations in the soils and plants. Birch twigs are a good indicator (better than leaves) of Cu and Ni contamination of the Sudbury soils. The mobile forms of Cu and Ni and low pH seem to be the main factors that will control the success of revegetation. Strong variability of the soil metal mobility requires any reclamation effort be site-specific.
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  • 87
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    Water, air & soil pollution 91 (1996), S. 249-254 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; sewage sludge ; incineration ; mass balance ; particle size
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The fate of heavy metals in multiple hearth sewage sludge incinerators was examined using mass balance techniques. All major process streams into and out of the incinerators were sampled in order to characterize the partitioning of Cu, Ni, Ph, and Cd into the major effluent streams, and to calculate a metals mass balance around the incinerators. The results indicate that the residual particulate matter from the incineration process becomes progressively more enriched in the more-volatile metals (Cd and Ph) with decreasing particulate size, in the order bottom ash 〈 cyclone ash 〈 scrubber water particulate 〈 stack particulate. The less-volatile metals Cu and Ni are not similarly enriched. The mass balance indicates that approximately two-thirds of the Cd mass entering the incinerators is partitioned to the scrubber water stream, while the bottom ash stream receives most of the Cu, Ni, and Pb.
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  • 88
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    Water, air & soil pollution 99 (1997), S. 615-622 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): Near-shore sediments ; heavy metals ; bioindicators ; bivalves ; benthic populations ; multivariate analysis ; multiple regression analysis ; predictive models
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Copper, lead, cadmium, zinc, chromium, manganese, iron and nickel were determined in near-shore sediments in the harbour of Trieste (Northern Adriatic), in an area highly exposed to urban and industrial wastes, where severe alteration of benthic population was observed. A typical bivalve of this area, Corbula gibba, was used as bioindicator of sea-bottom pollution. Multivariate statistical analysis of the chemical data interpret concentrations and distributions of heavy metals in these sediments, attesting anthropogenic source for Cu, Pb, Cd and Zn. Using labile fractions of heavy metals in sediments as 'predictors', and length or biomass of the bivalve as dependent variables, we obtained, by a multiple regression procedure, a predictive model showing the influence of metals on this benthic organism of this polluted area.
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  • 89
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    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 395-408 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): air pollution ; pine bark ; sulphur ; pH ; conductivity ; heavy metals
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Sulphur and heavy metal deposition in northern Finland (= in Lapland) and the Kola Peninsula were surveyed using Scots pine bark samples. Sulphur concentrations in bark close to the Kola smelters were on an average twice as high as on the Finnish side of the border. The Cu and Ni concentrations near the smelters were almost 100-fold the mean values in northern Finland. There was a marked decrease in the sulphur and heavy metal concentrations with increasing distance from the emission sources. The effects of emission from the Kola Peninsula were evident in Finland only close to the border, especially in the eastern parts of Inari (NE corner of Lapland) where the Cu and Ni concentrations were 2- to 6-fold those in western Lapland. The sulphur and heavy metal concentrations in most of northern Finland were low. However were the concentrations of Cr in bark in the SW corner of Lapland considerably high, due to the emissions from the Tornio refined steel plants.
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  • 90
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    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 409-417 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): CO2 evolution ; heavy metals ; loading effect ; metal equivalent
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract In a laboratory study the effects on soil respiration of trace metals (Ni, Cd, Cu, Mn, Pb, Zn) added at loading rates ranging from 0 to 1000μg g−1 were determined. Differences in toxicity with respect to the type of metal salt added were also evaluated. The inhibitory effect on soil respiration differed considerably among the heavy metals and increased with the increasing loading rate. No linear relationships were found between the degree of inhibition and the levels of total and available metals. Toxicity evaluation at 20 and 50% inhibition of soil respiration showed Cu as the most toxic and Mn as the most tolerable metal. A ‘metal equivalent’ was calculated as the sum of the amounts of the available metals weighted to their relative toxicity with respect to the least toxic one: Mn equivalent=Mn+1.9Pb+2.1Ni+2.5Zn+6.7Cd+6.7Cu. The ionic potential of the heavy metals was found to be positively related to the percent inhibition of soil respiration. Chlorides and sulphates appeared to depress soil respiration more than nitrates, the latter counter-balancing the toxic effect of the heavy metals.
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  • 91
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    Water, air & soil pollution 94 (1997), S. 85-98 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): soil ; pollution ; heavy metals ; smelters ; factoranalysis
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract A combined statistical and computergraphic approach is proposed for apportionment and attribution of soil contaminants in complex areas. The field test site lies north of Swansea, south Wales and contains two major pollutant sources, an active nickel refiner and (4 km away) the site of major base metal smelting in the nineteenth century (the Lower Swansea Valley reclamation study area). Soil samples (70 samples, 0–15 cm) were collected on a regular grid of 1000 m interval. They were extracted using 0.05 M diammonium EDTA and the extracts analysed for Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. Soil pH and %organic content were also determined. Factor analysis yielded three groups which explained 73.8% of the data variance (1: Cd, Cu, %OM, Pb, Zn, Ni; 2: Cd, Zn, Mn, pH; 3: Cu, Mn, Co, Ni, Fe). Isoline plots were classifiable into the same three groups. It was concluded that factor 3 contained those elements associated with smelter emissions, factor 1 with contamination from the Lower Swansea Valley and in factor 2 pedogenetic processes control the occurrence of the elements.
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  • 92
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    Water, air & soil pollution 99 (1997), S. 255-263 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; sediments ; pollution ; resuspension ; release processes ; bioavailability ; anthropogenic ; metal ; residual inetal ; geochemical phases
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The space-time distribution of some pollutants (Cu, Ph, Zn, Cd, Fe, Mn, V, Ni, Cr) in the sludge of the canals of Venice was studied. The contamination levels were comparable to, or higher, than those measured in the most polluted sediments of the Lagoon of Venice Sediments were collected by two different sampling techniques I ) collection of sediment cores (upper 5 cm) by a syringe-type corer, 2) collection by traps, placed on the bottom of the canal Traps pennitted the sampling of sediments essentially resuspended by overlying water turbulence This sediment fraction is subjected to variations of its physicochemical parameters (principally change of redox conditions) and therefore to pollutant exchange at the water/sediment interface The metals principally exchanged during sediment resuspension were Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu These metals have principally an anthropogenic origin and are bound to the most labile geochemical phases of the sediment (such as sulphides), which can be oxidised during sediment resuspension, releasing metals into the water Fe, Cr and Ni were only partially exchanged, while Mn and V were generally not exchanged, a significant fraction of these metals is of natural origin and is bound to the most refractory phases of the sediment.
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  • 93
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    Water, air & soil pollution 94 (1997), S. 361-372 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; contamination ; mobilization ; cadmium ; soil
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Analysis of spatial distribution of sewage-sludge born cadmium on the experimental plot revealed positive correlation of total cadmium and organic matter. Soil pH fluctuated randomly on the field. ‘Bioavailable’ concentrations, as determined by NH4-acetate extraction, were closely correlated to the total cadmium levels, and only negligible effects of pH and/or organic matter fluctuations were recorded. Desorption model using modified Freundlich isotherm was applied to predict risks of cadmium solubilization at different conditions. Simulations revealed that the organic matter content within the ranges found at the experimental field cannot support a proper immobilization of cadmium at pH-range observed at the field. The phenomenon was explained by ineffective care for the soil in the past.
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  • 94
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    Water, air & soil pollution 94 (1997), S. 361-372 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): heavy metals ; contamination ; mobilization ; cadmium ; soil
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Analysis of spatial distribution of sewage-sludge born cadmium on the experimental plot revealed positive correlation of total cadmium and organic matter. Soil pH fluctuated randomly on the field. ‘Bioavailable’ concentrations, as determined by NH4-acetate extraction, were closely correlated to the total cadmium levels, and only negligible effects of pH and/or organic matter fluctuations were recorded. Desorption model using modified Freundlich isotherm was applied to predict risks of cadmium solubilization at different conditions. Simulations revealed that the organic matter content within the ranges found at the experimental field cannot support a proper immobilization of cadmium at pH-range observed at the field. The phenomenon was explained by ineffective care for the soil in the past.
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  • 95
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    Water, air & soil pollution 99 (1997), S. 615-622 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): Near-shore sediments ; heavy metals ; bioindicators ; bivalves ; benthic populations ; multivariate analysis ; multiple regression analysis ; predictive models
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Copper, lead, cadmium, zinc, chromium, manganese, iron and nickel were determined in near-shore sediments in the harbour of Trieste (Northern Adriatic), in an area highly exposed to urban and industrial wastes, where severe alteration of benthic population was observed. A typical bivalve of this area,Corbula gibba, was used as bioindicator of sea-bottom pollution. Multivariate statistical analysis of the chemical data interpret concentrations and distributions of heavy metals in these sediments, attesting anthropogenic source for Cu, Pb, Cd and Zn. Using labile fractions of heavy metals in sediments as ‘predictors’, and length or bionnass of the bivalve as dependent variables, we obtained, by a multiple regression procedure, a predictive model showing the influence of metals on this benthic organism of this polluted area.
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  • 96
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 61 (2000), S. 301-313 
    ISSN: 1573-2959
    Schlagwort(e): biological activity ofsoil ; constant-pressure volumetric respirometer ; heavy metals ; respirometry methods ; soil ; soil degradation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract A main goal of investigations is to determine could a soilrespiration be an indicator of the soil pollution. In this case a measured levelof the soil oxygen consumption depends of its pollution. It alsomeans that the pollution reduces biological processes in edaphon.Investigated soil samples were taken from polluted andnon-polluted places in the Baix Llobregat near Barcelona (Catalonia, NE Spain). Soil samples were taken from the top ofsoil (0–5 cm) without a litter. Soil analysis were done, determining percentage shares of coarsefragments, coarse sand, fine sand, coarse silt, fine silt, clay,CaCO3, organic matter as well as water pH and conductivityCE (1:5 [mS cm-1]). Also were determined (in mg kg-1)quantities of heavy metals, as Fe, Al, Mn, Zn, Cr, Ni, V, Cu, Cd, Pb.The soil respiration was investigated in temperatures15 and 30 °C and with controlled humidity.The respiration in 30 °C is number of times greater thenin 15 °C both for polluted and non-polluted soils.Particularly high coefficients of correlation between the soilrespiration and soil pollution in polluted soils were obtainedfor Pb: r = 0.75 in 15 °C and r = 0.98 in30 °C; for Ba: 0.90 and 0.57; for V: 0.99 and 0.81. In non-polluted soils highest correlation coefficients are for Pb: r = 0.70 in 15 °C; Fe: 0.60 and 0.72; Al: 0.68 and0.64; Mn: 0.51 and 0.66; Ba: 0.63 and 0.61; Cr: 0.94 and0.70; Ni: 0.64 and 0.65; Cu: 0.69 and 0.48; as well as V: 0.62in 15 °C; and Cd: 0.69 in 15 °C.This way the soil respiration could be a good indicator of the soil pollution.
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    Environmental monitoring and assessment 61 (2000), S. 361-371 
    ISSN: 1573-2959
    Schlagwort(e): biomonitoring ; heavy metals ; Italy ; lichens ; waste incineration
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The epiphytic lichen Parmelia caperata was usedas biomonitor in the area of a municipal solid wasteincinerator (Poggibonsi, central Italy) to investigatethe levels and the spatial distribution of the heavymetals Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Pb and Zn. Levels ofAl, Cu and Hg were similar to those in unpollutedareas, whereas high values were found for Cr, Zn andespecially Cd. The distribution pattern of the lastthree metals and the exponential relationship of theirconcentrations with distance from the incinerator,showed that the disposal plant is a local source ofatmospheric pollution due to Cd, Cr and Zn. For thesemetals, long-term hazard should be seriously taken into account.
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  • 98
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    Schlagwort(e): factor analysis ; Germany ; heavy metals ; moss monitoring ; stream sediments
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract The results of the first German moss monitoring programme to estimate heavy metal pollution in the Federal Republic of Germany were combined with other large-scale investigations carried out in Germany and then classified geographically in a new form. Using Monte Carlo assisted factor analysis, six factors indicating sources of pollution were identified from the sets of element data from the moss monitoring project (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Ti, V, Zn) and the data sets for SO2 and particulate. The geographic distribution patterns of the factor values showed the regions in which the various sources are to be found. By combining the data the primarily anthropogenic chromium concentrations of the mosses were compared with the mainly geogenic chromium concentrations of the stream sediments in the form of examples. After normalization, the transformed chromium concentrations were transferred to a map of the entire area using inverse distance weighting. Anthropogenic and geogenic influences are being discussed on the basis of the results.
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  • 99
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): contaminated sediments ; heavy metals ; pollution indices ; quality criteria ; sediment quality assessment
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Due to industrialization over the past 100 years, the sediments at the bottom of the Lachine Canal and Bay have become contaminated. This study investigated the heavy metal accumulation mechanisms within the Lachine Canal sediments and was carried out in three phases. Phase I is covered in the present article, while phases II and III will be discussed in a following paper. During Phase I, 28 parameters were measured on 44 sediment samples collected along the Lachine Canal and Bay. The results revealed the presence of a wide variety of both organic and inorganic contaminants. Heavy metals such as Zn 〈 Pb 〈 Cr 〈 Ni 〈 Cu 〈 Cd (in order of decreasing abundance) in addition to organic contaminants (PAHs 〈 MAHs 〈 PCBs) were found in high concentrations exceeding background concentrations and various quality criteria levels. The total load of both organic and inorganic contaminants was found to be higher in the canal than in the bay zone. Correlation analysis was performed to evaluate sediment assessment values with respect to known adsorptive phases such as % clay fraction, TOC (Total Organic Carbon), and % CaCO3. Although a positive correlation existed between % clay fraction or TOC and the total cumulative load of heavy metals, the correlation could not be assessed as conclusive. Significant correlations were obtained between Pb, Ni, and Zn and the carbonate content of the sediments. Pollution Indices (PI) were used according to the format proposed by Canadian authorities and as such were evaluated as incomplete.
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    Water, air & soil pollution 102 (1998), S. 389-405 
    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Schlagwort(e): air pollution ; heavy metals ; needle element content ; Pinus sylvestris ; XRF
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Energietechnik
    Notizen: Abstract Concentrations of aluminium (Al), arsenic (As), calcium (Ca), cadmium (Cd), chlorine (Cl), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), phosphorus (P), lead (Pb), sulphur (S), silicon (Si) and zinc (Zn) were measured by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) in Scots pine needles collected from transects across Finnish Lapland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Ni, Cu, Fe, P and S concentrations were significantly higher in the needles collected in the vicinity of the smelters in Monchegorsk, whereas Mn and Zn decreased towards Monchegorsk. No distinct increase of S or decrease of Mn and Zn concentrations in the needles were observed when approaching Nikel. Foliar S concentrations were higher in C needles than in C+1 needles, even in plots close to the smelters. The effect of the emissions from the smelters was clearly seen in the needle chemistry up to 50 km away from smelters and was still perceivable over 100 km away.
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