Kazan Federal University Digital Repository

Assessing toxicity of metal contaminated soil from glassworks sites with a battery of biotests

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Hagner M.
dc.contributor.author Romantschuk M.
dc.contributor.author Penttinen O.
dc.contributor.author Egfors A.
dc.contributor.author Marchand C.
dc.contributor.author Augustsson A.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-22T20:35:06Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-22T20:35:06Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.issn 0048-9697
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/147824
dc.description.abstract © 2017 The present study addresses toxicological properties of metal contaminated soils, using glassworks sites in south-eastern Sweden as study objects. Soil from five selected glassworks sites as well as from nearby reference areas were analysed for total and water-soluble metal concentrations and general geochemical parameters. A battery of biotests was then applied to assess the toxicity of the glassworks soil environments: a test of phytotoxicity with garden cress (Lepidium sativum); the BioTox™ test for toxicity to bacteria using Vibrio fischeri; and analyses of abundancies and biomass of nematodes and enchytraeids. The glassworks- and reference areas were comparable with respect to pH and the content of organic matter and nutrients (C, N, P), but total metal concentrations (Pb, As, Ba, Cd and Zn) were significantly higher at the former sites. Higher metal concentrations in the water-soluble fraction were also observed, even though these concentrations were low compared to the total ones. Nevertheless, toxicity of the glassworks soils was not detected by the two ex situ tests; inhibition of light emission by V. fischeri could not be seen, nor was an effect seen on the growth of L. sativum. A decrease in enchytraeid and nematode abundance and biomass was, however, observed for the landfill soils as compared to reference soils, implying in situ toxicity to soil-inhabiting organisms. The confirmation of in situ bioavailability and negative effects motivates additional studies of the risk posed to humans of the glassworks villages.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Science of the Total Environment
dc.subject Bioavailability
dc.subject Biotests
dc.subject Enchytraeids
dc.subject Glassworks sites
dc.subject Metal contamination
dc.title Assessing toxicity of metal contaminated soil from glassworks sites with a battery of biotests
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 613-614
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.relation.startpage 30
dc.source.id SCOPUS00489697-2018-613614-SID85029170913


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • Публикации сотрудников КФУ Scopus [24551]
    Коллекция содержит публикации сотрудников Казанского федерального (до 2010 года Казанского государственного) университета, проиндексированные в БД Scopus, начиная с 1970г.

Show simple item record

Search DSpace


Advanced Search

Browse

My Account

Statistics