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Predisposition of trees by air pollutants to low temperatures and moisture stress.
1995
Chappelka A.H. | Freer Smith P.H.
Long-term effects of aided phytostabilisation of trace elements on microbial biomass and activity, enzyme activities, and composition of microbial community in the Jales contaminated mine spoils
2008
Renella, Giancarlo | Landi, Loretta | Ascher, Judith | Ceccherini, Maria Teresa | Pietramellara, Giacomo | Mench, Michel | Nannipieri, Paolo | Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence (UniFI) | Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés (BioGeCo) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)
International audience | We studied the effectiveness of remediation on microbial endpoints, namely microbial biomass and activity, microbial and plant species richness, of an As-contaminated mine spoil, amended with compost (C) alone and in combination with beringite (B) or zerovalent iron grit (Z), to increase organic matter content and reduce trace elements mobility, and to allow Holcus lanatus and Pinus pinaster growth. Untreated spoil showed the lowest microbial biomass and activity and hydrolase activities, and H. lanatus as sole plant species, whereas the presented aided phytostabilisation option, especially CBZ treatment, significantly increased microbial biomass and activity and allowed colonisation by several plant species, comparable to those of an uncontaminated sandy soil. Microbial species richness was only increased in spoils amended with C alone. No clear correlation occurred between trace element mobility and microbial parameters and plant species richness. Our results indicate that the choice of indicators of soil remediation practices is a bottleneck. Organo-mineral amendment and revegetation of a gold mine spoil increased microbial activity but did not increase microbial species richness.
Show more [+] Less [-]Studies on cadmium toxicity in plants: a review
1997
Das, P. | Samantaray, S. | Rout, G.R. (Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar 751015 (India))
Antioxidant responses to simulated acid rain and heavy metal deposition in birch seedlings
1997
Koricheva, J. | Roy, S. | Vranjic, J.A. | Haukioja, E. | Hughes, P.R. | Hanninen, O. (Laboratory of Ecological Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku (Finland))
Physiological indicators and susceptibility of plants to acidifying atmospheric pollution: a multivariate approach
1995
Soares, A. | Ming, J.Y. | Pearson, J. (Department of Biology (Darwin Building), University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom))
Differences in responses to urban air pollutants by Ligustrum lucidum Ait. and Ligustrum lucidum Ait. f. tricolor (Rehd.) Rehd
1996
Carreras, H.A. | Canas, M.S. | Pignata, M.L. (Catedra de Quimica General, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Avda Velez Sarsfield 299, 5000 Cordoba (Argentina))
Effects of acidic fog on seedlings of Pinus ponderosa and Abies concolor: foliar injury, physiological and biochemical responses
1993
Takemoto, B.K. | Bytnerowicz, A. (California Air Resources Board, Research Division, Sacramento, CA 95812 (USA))
Accumulation and egestion of dietary copper and cadmium by the grasshopper Locusta migratoria R and F (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
1996
Crawford, L.A. | Lepp, N.W. | Hodkinson, I.D. (School of Biological and Earth Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF (United Kingdom))
The effect of simulated acid rain on the biochemical composition of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) needles
1996
Shumejko, P. | Ossipov, V. | Neuvonen, S. (Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Akademgorodok (Russian Federation))
Physiological and biochemical changes in shrimp larvae (Penaeus vannamei) intoxicated with organochlorine pesticides
1996
Galindo, R.J.G. | Medina, J.A. | Villagrana, L.C. (Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Paseo Claussen s/n Mazatlan 82000, Sinaloa (Mexico))
