Distribution of mercury pollution and its source in the soils and vegetables in Guilin area, China
| Autor: | Yunfei Niu, Jianping Qian, Zheping Xu, Hou Ming, Huili Liu, Huazhen Chen, Li Zhang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Polluted soils
Pollution China Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Mercury pollution media_common.quotation_subject chemistry.chemical_element Food Contamination Toxicology Soil Vegetables Ecotoxicology Soil Pollutants media_common Soil classification General Medicine Mercury Soil contamination Mercury (element) chemistry Environmental chemistry Soil water Environmental science Environmental Pollution Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology. 83(6) |
| ISSN: | 1432-0800 |
| Popis: | Soils and vegetables were sampled and analyzed from nine vegetable fields in Guilin area, China. The average mercury (Hg) concentrations varied from 0.099 to 0.546 mg/kg in soils and from 0.046 to 0.132 mg/kg in plants. The distribution of Hg pollution in plants was correlated with that in soils. Generally, the Hg concentration in the plants decreased with the increasing distance between sampling sites and the city center. The Hg existed mostly in leaves of the plants, and then in their roots and stems, which suggested that the Hg in the atmosphere might be an important source of Hg in plants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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