Environmental impact assessment of risk elements from railway transport with the use of pollution indices, a biotest and bioindicators

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216305:26310/20:PU138496

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2020.1736984" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2020.1736984</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2020.1736984" target="_blank" >10.1080/10807039.2020.1736984</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Environmental impact assessment of risk elements from railway transport with the use of pollution indices, a biotest and bioindicators

Original language description

The paper evaluates the accumulation of selected risk elements in soils and biological tissues caused by railway transport. Samples of soil, pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) bark and needles, hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius L.) and red-stemmed feathermoss (Pleurozium schreberi L.) were analyzed for the content of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn. The samples were collected in five sites (A, B, C, D, E each separated by 500 m) covering a combined distance of around 2 km along railway tracks (Central Poland). The geo-accumulation index (I-geo), single pollution index (PI), contamination factor (Cf), degree of contamination (C-deg), potential ecological risk (RI), and the probability of toxicity (MERMQ) index were calculated to determine soil pollution with risk elements. Soil toxicity was assessed with the Phytotoxkit biotest which measures the inhibition of seed germination and root growth in Sorghum saccharatum L. The calculated indices and the results of the phytotoxicity biotest revealed the highest levels of contamination in the proximity of a road overpass (site D). The accumulation of risk elements in soil was strongly correlated with pollutant levels in biological tissues. Zinc was the most abundant element in biological tissues, especially in pine bark and feathermoss. Soil pollution indices, biotest results, and plant and fungus bioindicators play an important role in environmental assessments of railway transport.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

ISSN

1080-7039

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

517-540

UT code for WoS article

000519428500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85081603216