Evaluation of mercury bioavailability to vegetables in the vicinity of cinnabar mine
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43210%2F21%3A43919725" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43210/21:43919725 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117092" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117092</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117092" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117092</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evaluation of mercury bioavailability to vegetables in the vicinity of cinnabar mine
Original language description
Knowledge of the concentration of the bioavailable forms of mercury in the soil is necessary, especially, if these soils contain above-limit total mercury concentrations. The bioavailability of mercury in soil samples collected from the vicinity of abandoned cinnabar mines was evaluated using diffusive gradients in the thin films technique (DGT) and mercury phytoaccumulation by vegetables (lettuce, spinach, radish, beetroot, carrot, and green peas). Mercury was accumulated primarily in roots of vegetables. The phytoaccumulation of mercury into edible plant parts was site-specific as well as vegetable species-specific. The mercury concentration in edible parts decreased in the order: spinach leaf GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO lettuce leaf GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO carrot storage root GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO beetroot storage root > radish storage root > pea legume. The translocation index as well as the target hazard quotient indicate the possible usability of soils from the vicinity of abandoned cinnabar mines for planting pod vegetables (peas). A strong positive correlation (r = 0.75 to 0.92, n > 30, p < 0.05) was observed between mercury concentration in secondary roots, the storage roots, leaves of vegetables and the flux of mercury from soil to the DGT units, and the effective concentration of mercury in soil solutions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - 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)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-11528S" target="_blank" >GA19-11528S: Diffusive gradient in thin film technique (DGT): an effective tool for predicting mercury bioavailability</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Environmental Pollution
ISSN
0269-7491
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
283
Issue of the periodical within the volume
15 August
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
117092
UT code for WoS article
000663131000013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85104448025