Pub Date : 2016-08-30DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1224983
Canlan Jiang, Boming Fu, Hao Cai, Tianming Cai
Abstract Dyes exposure in aquatic environment creates risks to human health and biota due to their intrinsic toxic mutagenic and carcinogenic characteristics. In this work, a metal-organic frameworks materials, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8), was synthesized through hydrothermal reaction for the adsorptive removal of harmful Congo red (CR) from aqueous solution. Results showed that the maximum adsorption capacity of CR onto ZIF-8 was ultrahigh as 1250 mg g−1. Adsorption behaviors can be successfully fitted by the pseudo-second order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm equation. Solution conditions (pH condition and the co-exist anions) may influent the adsorption behaviors. The adsorption performance at various temperatures indicated the process was a spontaneous and endothermic adsorption reaction. The enhanced adsorption capacity was determined due to large surface area of ZIF-8 and the strong interactions between surface groups of ZIF-8 and CR molecules including the electrostatic interaction between external active sites Zn−OH on ZIF-8 -and −SO3 or –N=N– sites in CR molecule, and the π–π interaction.
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Pub Date : 2016-08-26DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1227687
M. Jakubus
Abstract Sewage sludge derived from municipal sewage treatment plants is an important source of macronutrients, micronutrients and organic matter. For this reason composting of sewage sludge, along with combustion and co-combustion, is a new management priority in Poland. In this study six composts of different origin and composition were evaluated in terms of their abundance in phosphorus, because it is an essential nutrient for all living organisms. Analyses were conducted on the samples at the initial and at the maturation phase of composting. The bioavailability of phosphorus was estimated on the basis of amounts of the nutrient in isolated fractions using the sequential extraction method. First of all quantitative changes of the total nutrient content and its amounts in separated fractions were dependent on the mixture composition. Irrespective of compost type, 34.5–75.0% of the total amounts of phosphorus were found in hardly available combinations (Fr. III), while available phosphorus forms (Fr. I) accounted for only 6.6–21.6%. As a result of composting together different organic wastes an increase was observed both in the total content and the amounts of this nutrient in separated fractions. This phenomenon was observed particularly in composts with smaller levels of sewage sludge (30–40%), characterised by rapid organic matter decomposition, which was indicated by higher bioavailable amounts of phosphorus. Under such conditions the content of P ranged between 3.68 and 7.4 g kg−1. In comparison to the labile pool of P obtained for matured composts C5 and C6 (65 and 75% of sewage sludge in their composition) amounting to 2.45–3.0 g kg−1 the above values were considerable. Bioavailable phosphorus contents potentially introduced to soil with composts doses calculated at 170 kg total N/ha/yr ranged from 69.8 to 80.2 kg for compost with the lowest share of sewage sludge and from 11.2 to 20.7 kg for compost with the highest share of sewage sludge.
摘要城市污水处理厂产生的污泥是宏量营养素、微量营养素和有机物的重要来源。因此,污水污泥堆肥,以及燃烧和共燃烧,是波兰新的管理重点。本研究对6种不同来源和组成的堆肥进行了磷丰度评价,因为磷是所有生物必需的营养物质。对堆肥初期和成熟阶段的样品进行了分析。磷的生物利用度是根据分离馏分中磷的含量用顺序萃取法估算的。首先,总养分含量及其在分离馏分中的含量的定量变化取决于混合物的组成。不考虑堆肥类型,34.5-75.0%的磷是难效态组合(Fr. III),而有效态磷(Fr. I)仅占6.6-21.6%。由于将不同的有机废物放在一起堆肥,在分离馏分中观察到这种养分的总含量和数量都有所增加。这种现象在污水污泥含量较低(30-40%)的堆肥中尤其明显,其特点是有机物分解迅速,这表明磷的生物可利用量较高。在此条件下,磷含量在3.68 ~ 7.4 g kg−1之间。与成熟堆肥C5和C6(占污泥成分的65%和75%)获得的活性磷池(2.45-3.0 g kg - 1)相比,上述数值相当可观。按170公斤总氮/公顷/年计算的堆肥剂量,可能引入土壤的生物有效磷含量范围为:污水污泥比例最低的堆肥为69.8至80.2公斤,污水污泥比例最高的堆肥为11.2至20.7公斤。
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Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1212674
Hamed Zakikhani, M. K. Yusop, M. Hanafi, R. Othman, A. Soltangheisi
Abstract Intermittently submergence and drainage status of paddy fields can cause alterations in morphological and chemical characteristics of soils. We conducted a sequential fractionation study to provide an insight into solubility of Sulfur (S) and Molybdenum (Mo) in flooded alluvial paddy soils. The samples (0–15 and 15–30 cm) were taken from marine and riverine alluvial soils in Kedah and Kelantan areas, respectively, and were sequentially extracted with NaHCO3, NaOH, HCl, and HClO4–HNO3. Total S in upper and lower layers of Kedah and Kelantan ranged between 273 and 1121 mg kg−1, and 177 to 1509 mg kg−1, respectively. In upper layers and subsoil of Kedah, average total Mo were 0.34 and 0.27 mg kg−1, respectively. Average total Mo in Kelantan were 0.25 mg kg−1 (surface layer) and 0.28 mg kg−1 (subsoil). Cation exchange capacity (CEC) was positively correlated with plant available amounts of Mo in upper layers of Kedah area. Also, total and medium-term plant-available S was correlated with total carbon (C) at lower layers of Kelantan soil series. But in surface layers of Kelantan soil series, CEC was strongly correlated with total and medium-term plant-available S. Our results indicates that the influence of flooding conditions on soil S and Mo contents in paddy fields may cause long-term changes in S and Mo chemical reactivities.
稻田的间歇淹水和排水状况会引起土壤形态和化学特征的变化。我们进行了一项顺序分选研究,以深入了解硫(S)和钼(Mo)在淹没冲积水稻土中的溶解度。样品(0-15 cm和15-30 cm)分别取自吉打州和吉兰丹地区的海洋和河流冲积土,依次用NaHCO3、NaOH、HCl和HClO4-HNO3提取。吉打州和吉兰丹的上层和下层总S含量分别为273 ~ 1121 mg kg - 1和177 ~ 1509 mg kg - 1。吉打州表层和底土的Mo平均含量分别为0.34和0.27 mg kg - 1。吉兰丹平均Mo总量为表层0.25 mg kg - 1,底土0.28 mg kg - 1。吉打地区上层土壤阳离子交换容量(CEC)与植物有效钼量呈显著正相关。吉兰丹土壤系低层总有效S和中期有效S与总碳(C)呈显著相关。但在吉兰丹土壤系列表层,CEC与总有效硫和中期有效硫呈强相关。我们的研究结果表明,洪水条件对稻田土壤S和Mo含量的影响可能导致S和Mo化学反应的长期变化。
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Pub Date : 2016-07-29DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1215775
H. Sepahvand, M. Feizian
Abstract Concentrations of Natural stable and unstable carbon in ecosystems have been used extensively to help to understand a wide range of soil processes and functions. This study was conducted to explore the effects of land use changes on different carbon fractions (F1, F2, F3 and F4), permanganate oxidizable carbon (POXC), soil organic carbon (SOC) and total organic carbon (TOC) associated with soils in calcareous soils of western Iran. Four popular land uses in the selected site including natural forest, range land, dryland farming and irrigated farming systems were employed as the basis of soil sampling. The results showed a strong relationship between land use conversion and SOC stocks changes. The greatest mean values for carbon content and the least mean values of CaCO3 in bulk topsoil (0–15 cm) in the forest land were observed. Dryland farming had the least both active and passive pools of C in comparison with the other land uses. The positive and significant correlations was observed between SOC, Total C and POXC contents and different C fractions. Taking C and POXC pools into account, a more definitive picture of the soil C is obtained than when only total C is measured. The influence of land use changes on overall soil carbon stocks could be helpful for making management decision for farmers and policy makers in the future, for enhancing the potential of C sequestration in western Iran.
{"title":"Distributions of carbon in calcareous soils under different land uses in western Iran","authors":"H. Sepahvand, M. Feizian","doi":"10.1080/09542299.2016.1215775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09542299.2016.1215775","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Concentrations of Natural stable and unstable carbon in ecosystems have been used extensively to help to understand a wide range of soil processes and functions. This study was conducted to explore the effects of land use changes on different carbon fractions (F1, F2, F3 and F4), permanganate oxidizable carbon (POXC), soil organic carbon (SOC) and total organic carbon (TOC) associated with soils in calcareous soils of western Iran. Four popular land uses in the selected site including natural forest, range land, dryland farming and irrigated farming systems were employed as the basis of soil sampling. The results showed a strong relationship between land use conversion and SOC stocks changes. The greatest mean values for carbon content and the least mean values of CaCO3 in bulk topsoil (0–15 cm) in the forest land were observed. Dryland farming had the least both active and passive pools of C in comparison with the other land uses. The positive and significant correlations was observed between SOC, Total C and POXC contents and different C fractions. Taking C and POXC pools into account, a more definitive picture of the soil C is obtained than when only total C is measured. The influence of land use changes on overall soil carbon stocks could be helpful for making management decision for farmers and policy makers in the future, for enhancing the potential of C sequestration in western Iran.","PeriodicalId":55264,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability","volume":"28 1","pages":"182 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/09542299.2016.1215775","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60041139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-07-20DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1212675
Bairen Yang, Aihui Chen
Abstract The use of pentachlorophenol (PCP) was banned or restricted in many countries worldwide because of its adverse influences on the ecological environment and humans. However, the potential disrupting effects of PCP on denitrifying microorganisms have warranted more analysis. In this study, the impacts of PCP on denitrification were investigated by using Paracoccus denitrificans as a model denitrifying bacterium. Compared with the control, the presences of 10 and 50 μM of PCP were found to significantly decrease the denitrification efficiencies from 98.5 to 87.2% and 68.7%, respectively. The mechanism studies showed that PCP induced the generation of reactive oxygen species, which decreased the vital enzymes activities related to glycolysis process, causing the disturbance of the metabolism of P. denitrificans utilizing carbon source (glucose) and the growth of the cell, and subsequently the generation of electron donor (NADH) for denitrification via NAD+ reduction was severely depressed. Further studies indicated that PCP also decreased the genes expression of several key enzymes responsible for denitrification, such as napA of nitrate reductase (NAR), nirS of nitrite reductase, norB of nitric oxide reductase, and nosZ of nitrous oxide reductase; however, there was only the enzyme activity of NAR was remarkably inhibited.
{"title":"Effects of pentachlorophenol on the bacterial denitrification process","authors":"Bairen Yang, Aihui Chen","doi":"10.1080/09542299.2016.1212675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09542299.2016.1212675","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The use of pentachlorophenol (PCP) was banned or restricted in many countries worldwide because of its adverse influences on the ecological environment and humans. However, the potential disrupting effects of PCP on denitrifying microorganisms have warranted more analysis. In this study, the impacts of PCP on denitrification were investigated by using Paracoccus denitrificans as a model denitrifying bacterium. Compared with the control, the presences of 10 and 50 μM of PCP were found to significantly decrease the denitrification efficiencies from 98.5 to 87.2% and 68.7%, respectively. The mechanism studies showed that PCP induced the generation of reactive oxygen species, which decreased the vital enzymes activities related to glycolysis process, causing the disturbance of the metabolism of P. denitrificans utilizing carbon source (glucose) and the growth of the cell, and subsequently the generation of electron donor (NADH) for denitrification via NAD+ reduction was severely depressed. Further studies indicated that PCP also decreased the genes expression of several key enzymes responsible for denitrification, such as napA of nitrate reductase (NAR), nirS of nitrite reductase, norB of nitric oxide reductase, and nosZ of nitrous oxide reductase; however, there was only the enzyme activity of NAR was remarkably inhibited.","PeriodicalId":55264,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability","volume":"28 1","pages":"163 - 169"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/09542299.2016.1212675","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60041096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-07-18DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1198989
Shahram Mahmoud Soltani, M. Hanafi, A. W. Samsuri, Sharifah Kharidah Seyed Muhammed, M. A. Hakim
Abstract A two years field study was conducted to explain the effect of Zn and lime application on morphological characteristics, rice yield and yield components, and more broadly, grains bio-fortification (Zn and protein content (CP), and amino acid profiles). The lime and Zn interaction increased grains and straw yield more than two times (6.64 ton ha−1) compared to the control (3.20 ton ha−1). The maximum increase in the Zn content of grain, white rice and bran was obtained about 30% in whole grain, 42% in bran and 56% in white rice. Furthermore, CP increased by about 8% in bran, 12.3% in whole grain, and 27% in white rice compared to control. Also, the Zn and lime application and their interaction were significantly increased the amino acids, especially essential parts.
{"title":"Rice growth improvement and grains bio-fortification through lime and zinc application in zinc deficit tropical acid sulphate soils","authors":"Shahram Mahmoud Soltani, M. Hanafi, A. W. Samsuri, Sharifah Kharidah Seyed Muhammed, M. A. Hakim","doi":"10.1080/09542299.2016.1198989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09542299.2016.1198989","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A two years field study was conducted to explain the effect of Zn and lime application on morphological characteristics, rice yield and yield components, and more broadly, grains bio-fortification (Zn and protein content (CP), and amino acid profiles). The lime and Zn interaction increased grains and straw yield more than two times (6.64 ton ha−1) compared to the control (3.20 ton ha−1). The maximum increase in the Zn content of grain, white rice and bran was obtained about 30% in whole grain, 42% in bran and 56% in white rice. Furthermore, CP increased by about 8% in bran, 12.3% in whole grain, and 27% in white rice compared to control. Also, the Zn and lime application and their interaction were significantly increased the amino acids, especially essential parts.","PeriodicalId":55264,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability","volume":"28 1","pages":"152 - 162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/09542299.2016.1198989","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60041150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-07-12DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1203267
O. Ogunbanjo, O. Onawumi, M. Gbadamosi, A. Ogunlana, O. Anselm
Abstract Environmental and health risk posed by heavy metals from municipal landfill cannot be over emphasized. However, the toxicity and fate of metal in the soil is dependent on its chemical form and therefore quantification of the different forms of metal is more meaningful than the estimation of its total concentration. This study investigated the chemical form and potential hazards of heavy metal pollution at two municipal landfills in Sagamu, Ogun state, Nigeria. Soil samples were collected around the landfills and chemical form of Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, and Fe were studied, using the Tessier Five-step sequential chemical extraction procedure. The results showed that Cu and Fe were speciated into residual fractions with averages of 23.9 and 31.3% respectively, while Cd and Zn were associated with Carbonate fractions with respective averages of 20.3 and 20.6%. The order of mobility and bioavailability of these metals are: Cd > Pb > Cu > Zn > Fe. A comparison of the result of total extractible metals with standard set by USEPA reveals that Cd and Cu level in the dumpsite soils are far above the critical permissible limit of 3.0 and 250 mg kg−1, respectively which potent a health risk. Assessment of soil pollution level using geoaccumulation index (Igeo) revealed that the landfill was extremely polluted by Cd (Igeo > 5). Pearson correlation and principal component analysis showed that there were no significant correlations (p < 0.05) among all the metals, suggesting that they are all from different anthropogenic sources. The cancer risk ranged from 1.36E−01 to 2.18E−04 and 5.82E−01 to 9.35E−04 for Children and Adult respectively. The level of cancer risk falls above the threshold values (10−4–10−6) which US Environmental Protection Agency considered as unacceptable risk. Based on the above findings, it was suggested that environmental management policy should be implemented to decrease the environmental risks.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-12DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1206838
Changming Yang, Yaqiong Wu, Fen Zhang, Lin Liu, Rui-Jie Pan
Abstract Surface sediment samples were collected from a source water reservoir in Zhejiang Province, East of China to investigate pollution characteristics and potential ecological risk of heavy metals. The BCR sequential extraction method was used to determine the four chemical fractions of heavy metals such as acid soluble, easily reducible, easily oxidizable and residual fractions. The heavy metals pollution and potential ecological risk were evaluated systematically using geoaccumulation index (Igeo) and Hakanson potential ecological risk index (H′). The results showed that the sampling sites from the estuaries of tributary flowing through downtowns and heavy industrial parks showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher average concentrations of heavy metals in the surface sediments, as compared to the other sampling sites. Chemical fractionation showed that Mn existed mainly in acid extractable fraction, Cu and Pb were mainly in reducible fraction, and As existed mainly in residual fraction in the surface sediments despite sampling sites. The sampling sites from the estuary of tributary flowing through downtown showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher proportions of acid extractable and reducible fractions than the other sampling sites, which would pose a potential toxic risk to aquatic organisms as well as a potential threat to drinking water safety. As, Pb, Ni and Cu were at relatively high potential ecological risk with high Igeo values for some sampling locations. Hakanson potential ecological risk index (H′) showed the surface sediments from the tributary estuaries with high population density and rapid industrial development showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher heavy metal pollution levels and potential ecological risk in the surface sediments, as compared to the other sampling sites.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-05DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1204249
C. Ding, Wenjun Yang, Aihui Chen, Liqiang Cui, Zhaoxia Li
Abstract Constructed reed wetland microcosms (CRWs) in a lab of east China have been irrigated with bleaching wastewater per month for a reed growth season. The soil physicochemical properties, enzyme activities (i.e. urease, invertase, polyphenol oxidase, alkaline phosphatase and cellulase) and soil microbial diversity were assayed before and after the exposure experiment. Compared to the river water irrigated controls (CKs), bleaching wastewater application has no marked influence on soil pH, but significantly increased soil Na+, total halogen and absorbable organic halogen (AOX) contents, which induced the increasing of soil electrical conductivity. Furthermore, soil enzyme activities displayed significant variation (except for polyphenol oxidase). Bleaching wastewater irrigation decreased Sorenson’s pairwise similarity coefficient (Cs), which indicated the changes of the structure of bacterial and fungal communities. However, only the diversity of bacterial community was inhibited and has no effect on the diversity of fungal community, as evidenced by the calculated Shannon–Wiener index (H).
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Pub Date : 2016-06-29DOI: 10.1080/09542299.2016.1204626
Lei Wang, Li-ao Wang, Wei Yang, Xue Zhao, Xuejie Song
Abstract Distribution and fraction of heavy metals (Pb, Cr, Zn, and Mn) in water and sediment in Liangtan River, Chongqing was analyzed using the atomic absorption spectrometry method. Pearson correlation coefficient, bioavailability index, geoaccumulation index and potential ecological risk index were introduced to classify the source and assess the environmental risk of the heavy metal. Pb, Cr, and Zn mainly existed in residual fraction and fraction bounded to Fe–Mn oxides while Mn mainly existed in the fraction bounded to carbonates and the residual fraction. Mn and Pb, Zn and Cr in the sediment were confirmed originating from, separate common sources. Igeo and were both in the order of Pb > Zn > Cr > Mn. Geoaccumulation indexes demonstrated that the Liangtan River has been heavily polluted by Pb and Zn with the class of 2–4 and 2–3, independently. From viewpoint of the whole Liangtan River, the mean RI (45.1) belonged to low risk level.
{"title":"Contamination and comprehensive risk assessment of heavy metals in Liangtan River, Chongqing, China","authors":"Lei Wang, Li-ao Wang, Wei Yang, Xue Zhao, Xuejie Song","doi":"10.1080/09542299.2016.1204626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09542299.2016.1204626","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Distribution and fraction of heavy metals (Pb, Cr, Zn, and Mn) in water and sediment in Liangtan River, Chongqing was analyzed using the atomic absorption spectrometry method. Pearson correlation coefficient, bioavailability index, geoaccumulation index and potential ecological risk index were introduced to classify the source and assess the environmental risk of the heavy metal. Pb, Cr, and Zn mainly existed in residual fraction and fraction bounded to Fe–Mn oxides while Mn mainly existed in the fraction bounded to carbonates and the residual fraction. Mn and Pb, Zn and Cr in the sediment were confirmed originating from, separate common sources. Igeo and were both in the order of Pb > Zn > Cr > Mn. Geoaccumulation indexes demonstrated that the Liangtan River has been heavily polluted by Pb and Zn with the class of 2–4 and 2–3, independently. From viewpoint of the whole Liangtan River, the mean RI (45.1) belonged to low risk level.","PeriodicalId":55264,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability","volume":"28 1","pages":"119 - 126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/09542299.2016.1204626","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60040877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}