Anthropogenic Effects on Heavy Metals and Macronutrients Accumulation in Soil and Wood of Pinus Sylvestris L. / Antropogeninio Poveikio Įtaka Sunkiųjų Metalų Ir Makroelementų Kaupimuisi Dirvožemyje Ir Pušies (Pinus Sylvestris L.) Medienoje / Влияние Антропогенного Загрязнения Тяжелыми Металлами И Макроэлементамина Почву И Сосну Обыкновенную (Pinus Sylvestris L.)

Pundyte, Neringa; Baltrėnaitė, Edita; Pereira, Paulo; Paliulis, Dainius

doi:10.3846/16486897.2011.557473

“…The first study area was located in the eastern part of Lithuania (55°44′ 04″ N and 24°23′ 30″ E) near the city of Panevėžys, on the southern part of a property of approximately 4 ha that was once used by a television (TV) manufacturing company. This company was in business for more than 40 years and was responsible for the production of TV tubes in the Baltic States beginning in 1962 (Pundyte et al, 2011). According to the municipality, this area is highly contaminated with heavy metals such as Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn (Pundyte et al, 2011).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This company was in business for more than 40 years and was responsible for the production of TV tubes in the Baltic States beginning in 1962 (Pundyte et al, 2011). According to the municipality, this area is highly contaminated with heavy metals such as Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn (Pundyte et al, 2011). The average annual temperature in Panevėžys is 6·5°C, the average annual rainfall is 610 mm , and southwest winds are predominant.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Organic Carbon and pH on Heavy Metals, Potassium, and Magnesium Levels in Lithuanian Podzols

Khaledian

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,

Pereira

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Brevik

³

et al. 2016

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Industrial activities can contribute to the accumulation of heavy metals in soils, which could potentially threaten public health and the environment. This research was conducted to investigate the relationships between pH and total organic carbon (TOC) with soil chemical parameters, including exchangeable and total Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, K, and Mg concentrations in soils near Panevėžys and Kaunas, Lithuania. Principal component regression (PCR) and non‐linear regression were used to find statistical relationships between pH, TOC, and the other soil properties studied. The results of correlation tests indicated that pH and TOC had strong relationships with most of the soil properties. The results of PCR [R2 = 0·87, RMSE = 0·046] and non‐linear regression [R2 = 0·91, RMSE = 0·041] (pH and the entire parameters), PCR [R2 = 0·777, RMSE = 0·058] and non‐linear regression [R2 = 0·871, RMSE = 0·046] (pH and the exchangeable parameters) to model the relationships between pH and soil chemical properties were promising and significant. Exchangeable heavy metal concentrations increased for pH > 5. Even though the relationships between TOC and heavy metals were significant, they were not as powerful as the relationships between pH and these metals. It was concluded that total metal concentrations in the study soils can be predicted by either pH or TOC. Metal mobility could most likely be controlled at the study site by manipulating soil pH and/or TOC. Finally, it is suggested that when there are financial and time limitations, assessment of total exchangeable metal concentrations using soil pH and/or TOC could be productive. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…In another research performed in Canada an infiltration of snowmelt water under small depressions has been examined. Possibilities of transport and accumulation in soil of radionuclides and heavy metals were determined by properties of clay (Jakimavičiūtė-Maselienė et al 2012;Pundytė et al 2011). In a current work we analyse rock permeability variations under the freeze and thaw impact for the first time in Lithuania.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geofiltration Studies of Clay at the Future Radioactive Waste Repository for Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Klizas

¹

2014

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

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Trinitrotoluene (TNT), a commonly used explosive for military and industrial applications, can cause serious environmental pollution. 28-day laboratory pot experiment was carried out applying bioaugmentation using laboratory selected bacterial strains as inoculum, biostimulation with molasses and cabbage leaf extract, and phytoremediation using rye and blue fenugreek to study the effect of these treatments on TNT removal and changes in soil microbial community responsible for contaminant degradation. Chemical analyses revealed significant decreases in TNT concentrations, including reduction of some of the TNT to its amino derivates during the 28-day tests. The combination of bioaugmentation-biostimulation approach coupled with rye cultivation had the most profound effect on TNT degradation. Although plants enhanced the total microbial community abundance, blue fenugreek cultivation did not significantly affect the TNT degradation rate. The results from molecular analyses suggested the survival and elevation of the introduced bacterial strains throughout the experiment. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Nõ lvak, H.; Truu, J.; Limane, B.; Truu, M.; Cepurnieks, G.; Bartkevičs, V.; Juhanson, J.; Muter, O. 2013. Microbial community changes in TNT spiked soil bioremediation trial using biostimulation, phytoremediation and bioaugmentation, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 21(3): 153Á162. http://dx. abstract.Clay geofiltration studies became important in Lithuania when the clays began to be used as geofiltration barriers for waste disposal sites/repositories. The clay is planned to be used also in construction of the future radioactive waste repository for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant. The results of investigation on Stabatiškė subformation till clay occurring at the base of the repository are given in the paper. The investigation has been performed with the purpose to determine potential dependence of clay filtration coefficient values on the number of freeze-thaw cycles and duration of filtration. The filtration coefficient for the repository till clay has been found to be greatly varying at the start of the filtration and during the experiment that lasted several days. This confirms that, during the filtration, structural changeover of clay-forming aggregates takes place with pore space volumes changing and affecting the filtration coefficient values. The filtration parameters are even more affected by freeze-thaw cycles and their number. When the clay thaw is finished the colmatation of fissure system is very slow and incomplete.

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“…It depends on different origin or age of soil parent materials. In Lithuania insufficient attention has been paid to various possible natural sources of anomalies of harmful chemical elements, because the main part of geochemical investigations has been concentrated in urban territories or near, where anthropogenic sources are abundant (Vasarevičius et al 2010;Kumpienė et al 2011;Pundytė et al 2011;Stakėnienė et al 2011;zinkutė et al 2011;Galkus et al 2012). The latter is ~10000 years older and was formed QuaTErnary InTErGlacIal sEdIMEnTs as possIBlE naTural sourcEs of arsEnIc and MolyBdEnuM anoMalIEs In sTrEaM sEdIMEnTs In lITHuanIa Introduction Elevated contents of harmful chemical elements can originate not only from anthropogenic activity, but also from natural sources (Nagajyoti et al 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quaternary Interglacial Sediments as Possible Natural Sources of Arsenic and Molybdenum Anomalies in Stream Sediments in Lithuania

Zinkutė

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Baltrūnas

²

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Taraškevičius

³

et al. 2014

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management

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Trinitrotoluene (TNT), a commonly used explosive for military and industrial applications, can cause serious environmental pollution. 28-day laboratory pot experiment was carried out applying bioaugmentation using laboratory selected bacterial strains as inoculum, biostimulation with molasses and cabbage leaf extract, and phytoremediation using rye and blue fenugreek to study the effect of these treatments on TNT removal and changes in soil microbial community responsible for contaminant degradation. Chemical analyses revealed significant decreases in TNT concentrations, including reduction of some of the TNT to its amino derivates during the 28-day tests. The combination of bioaugmentation-biostimulation approach coupled with rye cultivation had the most profound effect on TNT degradation. Although plants enhanced the total microbial community abundance, blue fenugreek cultivation did not significantly affect the TNT degradation rate. The results from molecular analyses suggested the survival and elevation of the introduced bacterial strains throughout the experiment. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Nõ lvak, H.; Truu, J.; Limane, B.; Truu, M.; Cepurnieks, G.; Bartkevičs, V.; Juhanson, J.; Muter, O. 2013. Microbial community changes in TNT spiked soil bioremediation trial using biostimulation, phytoremediation and bioaugmentation, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 21(3): 153Á162. http://dx.

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The Influence of Organic Carbon and pH on Heavy Metals, Potassium, and Magnesium Levels in Lithuanian Podzols

The Influence of Organic Carbon and pH on Heavy Metals, Potassium, and Magnesium Levels in Lithuanian Podzols

Geofiltration Studies of Clay at the Future Radioactive Waste Repository for Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Quaternary Interglacial Sediments as Possible Natural Sources of Arsenic and Molybdenum Anomalies in Stream Sediments in Lithuania

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