Influence of lead on the activity of soil microorganisms in two Beskidy landscape parks
Authors:
- Jacek Borgulat,
- Włodzimierz Łukasik,
- Anna Borgulat,
- Aleksandra Stefania Nadgórska-Socha,
- Marta Kandziora-Ciupa
Abstract
The aim of the study was to assess the potential impact of lead on soil metabolism in two landscape parks localized in the Beskid Śląski and Beskid Żywiecki mountains which were affected, among others, by air pollution from the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, the largest industrial zone in Poland. The study was carried out in six locations with different lead levels in the soil environment. Each plot was equipped with four pairs of vacuum ceramic lysimeters to assess the mobility of Pb in the soil. The metabolic activity was assessed by measuring: soil enzyme activity, soil respiration and by studying community-level physiological profiling (CLPP) using Biolog EcoPlates technique. The soil to the examination was collected near the stands with the lysimeters from two soil horizons (A and B layer). The analyses carried out showed that the factors that had the greatest influence on lead mobility were the organic carbon content and the soil pH. The elevated lead level in the topsoil (layer A) could affect the functional biodiversity of soil microorganisms, but low soil pH was a more likely limiting factor. In the subsoil (layer B), lower lead content was found and its probable effect on soil microbial activity was small. In summary, it can be concluded that the assessment of the influence of heavy metals on soil metabolism is not easy, and the Biolog system has proven to be a sensitive tool for assessing the potential impact of heavy metals on the soil environment.
- Record ID
- USL9e072776aa9c496daec48ce4c5746b1b
- Author
- Journal series
- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, ISSN 0167-6369, e-ISSN 1573-2959
- Issue year
- 2021
- Vol
- 193
- No
- 12
- Pages
- 1-14
- Publication size in sheets
- 0.70
- Article number
- 839
- Keywords in English
- Heavy metals; CLPPS; oil enzymes; Soil respiration
- ASJC Classification
- ; ; ;
- DOI
- DOI:10.1007/s10661-021-09503-2 Opening in a new tab
- Handle.net URL
- hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/22005 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-021-09503-2 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- File
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- File: 1
- Influence of lead on the activity of soil microorganisms in two Beskidy landscape parks, File Nadgorska_ Influence_of_lead_on_the_activity.pdf / 1 MB
- Nadgorska_ Influence_of_lead_on_the_activity.pdf
- publication date: 29-05-2023
- Influence of lead on the activity of soil microorganisms in two Beskidy landscape parks, File Nadgorska_ Influence_of_lead_on_the_activity.pdf / 1 MB
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- Score (nominal)
- 70
- Score source
- journalList
- Score
- = 70.0, 27-09-2023, ArticleFromJournal
- Publication indicators
- PubMed ID
- 34820719 Opening in a new tab
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://opus.us.edu.pl/info/article/USL9e072776aa9c496daec48ce4c5746b1b/
- URN
urn:uni-kat-prod:USL9e072776aa9c496daec48ce4c5746b1b
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