Assessment of palladium footprint from road traffic in two highway environments
2015
Clement, Nathalie | Muresan, Bogdan | Hedde, Mickael | Francois, Denis | Environnement, Aménagement, Sécurité et Eco-conception (IFSTTAR/AME/EASE) ; Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM) | Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech
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Show more [+] Less [-]French. Palladium (Pd) is an emerging eco-toxic pollutant from vehicle catalytic converters, emitted worldwide for more than 2 decades. Nowadays, the spatial extent of Pd fallout is growing along roads, but its subsequent fate in neighboring terrestrial ecosystems has not been extensively addressed yet. Two sites representative of contrasted natural environments (field, forest) but located under similar ambient conditions were selected to isolate and analyze the specific impact of vehicular Pd, along highway A71, France. Pd impregnation was assessed along 200 m-long transects perpendicular to the highway. Contents were measured in soils, earthworms, plant communities of the right-of-way (ROW) and the neighboring field (crop weeds), as well as in a moss, and bramble and ivy leaves in the forest. The direct impact of Pd fallouts appears to be confined in the grassy verge of the highway: ROW soils ([Pd] = 52-65 ng.g-1); earthworms ([Pd] = 18-38 ng.g-1); plant community ([Pd] = 10-23 ng.g-1). Pd footprint is pointed out by the accumulation index calculated for earthworms and plant communities even though transfer coefficients indicate the absence of bio-accumulation (TCs < 1). An indirect longer range transfer of Pd is identified, induced by hydric transport of organic matter.
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