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Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain)

Mining activity is one of the main sources to pollute soil, water and plants. An analysis of soil and plant samples around the Atrevida mining area in Catalonia (NE Spain) was preformed to determine potentially harmful elements (PHEs). Soil and plant samples were taken at eight locations around the...

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Autores principales: Roca-Perez, L., Boluda, R., Rodríguez-Martín, J. A., Ramos-Miras, J., Tume, P., Roca, N., Bech, J.
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Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10673966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37209325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01591-y
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author Roca-Perez, L.
Boluda, R.
Rodríguez-Martín, J. A.
Ramos-Miras, J.
Tume, P.
Roca, N.
Bech, J.
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Boluda, R.
Rodríguez-Martín, J. A.
Ramos-Miras, J.
Tume, P.
Roca, N.
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description Mining activity is one of the main sources to pollute soil, water and plants. An analysis of soil and plant samples around the Atrevida mining area in Catalonia (NE Spain) was preformed to determine potentially harmful elements (PHEs). Soil and plant samples were taken at eight locations around the mining area. The topsoil (0–15 cm) samples were analysed for physico-chemical properties by standard methods, by ICP-MS for Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn, and were microwave-digested. Plant, root and shoot samples were digested separately, and heavy metals were analysed by AAS. Translocation factor (TF), biological concentration factor (BCF) and biological accumulation factor (BAF) were determined to assess the tolerance strategies developed by native species and to evaluate their potential for phytoremediation purposes. Soil pH was generally acid (5.48–6.72), with high soil organic matter (SOM) content and a sandy loamy or loamy texture. According to the agricultural soil values in southern Europe, our PHEs concentrations exceeded the toxicity thresholds. The highest root content of the most studied PHEs appeared in Thymus vulgaris L. and Festuca ovina L., while Biscutella laevigata L. accumulated more PHEs in shoots. The TF values were > 1 in B. laevigata L., but BAF obtained < 1, except Pb. B. laevigata L., and can be considered potentially useful for phytoremediation for having the capacity to restrict the accumulation of large PHEs amounts in roots and Pb translocation to shoots.
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spelling pubmed-106739662023-05-20 Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain) Roca-Perez, L. Boluda, R. Rodríguez-Martín, J. A. Ramos-Miras, J. Tume, P. Roca, N. Bech, J. Environ Geochem Health Original Paper Mining activity is one of the main sources to pollute soil, water and plants. An analysis of soil and plant samples around the Atrevida mining area in Catalonia (NE Spain) was preformed to determine potentially harmful elements (PHEs). Soil and plant samples were taken at eight locations around the mining area. The topsoil (0–15 cm) samples were analysed for physico-chemical properties by standard methods, by ICP-MS for Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb and Zn, and were microwave-digested. Plant, root and shoot samples were digested separately, and heavy metals were analysed by AAS. Translocation factor (TF), biological concentration factor (BCF) and biological accumulation factor (BAF) were determined to assess the tolerance strategies developed by native species and to evaluate their potential for phytoremediation purposes. Soil pH was generally acid (5.48–6.72), with high soil organic matter (SOM) content and a sandy loamy or loamy texture. According to the agricultural soil values in southern Europe, our PHEs concentrations exceeded the toxicity thresholds. The highest root content of the most studied PHEs appeared in Thymus vulgaris L. and Festuca ovina L., while Biscutella laevigata L. accumulated more PHEs in shoots. The TF values were > 1 in B. laevigata L., but BAF obtained < 1, except Pb. B. laevigata L., and can be considered potentially useful for phytoremediation for having the capacity to restrict the accumulation of large PHEs amounts in roots and Pb translocation to shoots. Springer Netherlands 2023-05-20 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10673966/ /pubmed/37209325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01591-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Roca-Perez, L.
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Ramos-Miras, J.
Tume, P.
Roca, N.
Bech, J.
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title Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain)
title_full Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain)
title_fullStr Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain)
title_short Potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the Atrevida mine (Tarragona, NE Spain)
title_sort potentially harmful elements pollute soil and vegetation around the atrevida mine (tarragona, ne spain)
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10673966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37209325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01591-y
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