The distribution of contaminants in polluted soils can vary through depth. We measured the vertical distributions of heavy metals and enzyme activities in the top 10 cm of side-by-side, vegetated and barren brownfield soils. The data showed metals significantly accumulated in the top 2 cm of barren soil and uniformly distributed through vegetated soil. When planted, germination rate was significantly lower in the previously barren soil, with the metal layer intact, compared to mixed barren soil. These data suggest a feedback loop in which plant roots redistribute metals, diluting metal-rich regions, yet germination remains initially limited by a metal cap. We conclude that not only metal concentrations but also their vertical distributions ...
Metals in soils may positively or negatively affect plants as well as soil micro-organisms and mesof...
Environment pollution with heavy metals is becoming more im-portant these days. In this work we inve...
Phytostabilization is a promising technique, aiming at reducing metal mobility and thus metal disper...
In northern New Jersey there is an urban park called Liberty State Park that is contaminated with he...
Phytostabilization is a management strategy aiming at limiting risks of heavy metal dispersion out o...
The restoration of forest ecosystems on metal-contaminated sites can be achieved whilst producing va...
Anthropogenic sources of toxic elements have seriously compromised the ecological integrity of many ...
The soil around Metaleurop, a big smelter, is heavily contaminated by Zn, Pb, Cd and Cu. In order to...
The iron industry generated numerous by-products that are now found in brownfields, e.g. sludge resu...
This work assesses relationships between characteristic aggregate microstructures related to biologi...
Phytostabilization of metals using trees is often promoted although the influence of different tree ...
Phytoremediation is a promising and cost-effective strategy to manage heavy metal polluted sites. In...
The fate of airborne metal pollutants in soils is still relatively unknown. We studied the incorpora...
The rhizosphere is a key area for the plant metal uptake. We studied heavy metal availability in the...
The hyperaccumulation trait allows some plant species to allocate remarkable amounts of trace metal ...
Metals in soils may positively or negatively affect plants as well as soil micro-organisms and mesof...
Environment pollution with heavy metals is becoming more im-portant these days. In this work we inve...
Phytostabilization is a promising technique, aiming at reducing metal mobility and thus metal disper...
In northern New Jersey there is an urban park called Liberty State Park that is contaminated with he...
Phytostabilization is a management strategy aiming at limiting risks of heavy metal dispersion out o...
The restoration of forest ecosystems on metal-contaminated sites can be achieved whilst producing va...
Anthropogenic sources of toxic elements have seriously compromised the ecological integrity of many ...
The soil around Metaleurop, a big smelter, is heavily contaminated by Zn, Pb, Cd and Cu. In order to...
The iron industry generated numerous by-products that are now found in brownfields, e.g. sludge resu...
This work assesses relationships between characteristic aggregate microstructures related to biologi...
Phytostabilization of metals using trees is often promoted although the influence of different tree ...
Phytoremediation is a promising and cost-effective strategy to manage heavy metal polluted sites. In...
The fate of airborne metal pollutants in soils is still relatively unknown. We studied the incorpora...
The rhizosphere is a key area for the plant metal uptake. We studied heavy metal availability in the...
The hyperaccumulation trait allows some plant species to allocate remarkable amounts of trace metal ...
Metals in soils may positively or negatively affect plants as well as soil micro-organisms and mesof...
Environment pollution with heavy metals is becoming more im-portant these days. In this work we inve...
Phytostabilization is a promising technique, aiming at reducing metal mobility and thus metal disper...