... cause a 10% decrease in urease activity after week incubation amounted to 150 in sandy loam soil, 360 insilt loam, 950 inclaysoiland 1980 in sandy peat soils (Doelman and Haanstra, 1986) The ... of glutamic acid in both sandy and silty loam soils, but not inclayand sandy peat soils (Haanstra and Doelman, 1984) The mineralization of carbon and nitrogen in different soils were related ... shown to be inhibitory to denitrification in a silt loam soil at 10 mg kgy1 (Bollag and Barabasz, 1979), andinclayand sandy loam soils, but only at )50 mg kgy1 soil (McKenney and Vriesacker,...
... in the undisturbed soil During installation, efforts were made to ensure maximum contact between the rods and the soilSoil was drilled with a stainless steel soil column cylinder with a cutting ... Walkley and Black method, using samples for all distances, but grouping them every 40 cm, below m depth A total of 237 determinations were made Texture (sand, siltandclay contents) and retention ... holding capacity beneath the canopy could be explained by the observed increase insoil organic matter andclay content, and the improvement of the soil structure (decrease of bulk density) in...
... 0.50 and 0.338) and nine weapons (Browning and Sig Sauer pistols, rifle C7, carbine C8, machine guns C6, C9 and M2HB, and rifles McMillan and Timberwolf) Samples were collected in aluminum containers ... Employing a multi-linear regression analysis from the data contained in Brannon and Pennington (36), and additional information from the original papers cited in that publication (including pH, ... retroactive modeling of contaminants in order to reconstruct a reasonable baseline survey for determining pre-conflict contaminant levels The principles included in this book, andin particular,...
... at soil pH according to Pleysier and Juo, 1980), Ca (62%) and Mg (30%) are the most common cations In paddy soils, flooding and tilling for a new crop can facilitate the dispersion of clayIn ... from a typical paddy soil of the RRD were determined at different pH and concentrations of cations and anions, which are foundin the soil solution Soaking of a soil sample in water under anaerobic ... measured in the experiments after clay flocculation is probably due to the presence of DOM in the supernatant In soils, the competitive binding of H+ and Ca2+ by soil functional groups affects SC and...
... factor in assessing the role of clay addition in controlling the mobility and plant availability of metals (Qiao et al., 1993) In order to determine the long-term fate and potential hazard of land ... 20% Zn in leachable form and 77% Zn in plant available form in the blank MSW sample, but in sewage sludge only less than 1.5% Zn was in leachable and 29% Zn in plant available form (Qiao and Ho, ... the insoluble humin fraction that was produced in the composting process (Fig 1) In contrast to the decrease of soluble organic matter during sludge composting, it gradually increased during...
... composed of alternating layers between clay, silty clayand sandy silty clay which are smaller grain sizes and higher cohesion than purely sandy soils Because of their small grain sizes and high cohesions, ... contamination insoilSoil samples from locations, called in corresponding points as bore holes (BH) number, were classified using the Unified Soil Classification System Soil profiles and their ... SAMPLING COLLECTION AND TESTING Plants, soils and water samples at six locations had been taken in order to quantify the leveling of arsenic contaminant Five sampling locations are within the interesting...
... fine sands, and muds occur at an interval of 3-4.9m (upper muddy layer) Sands are composed of well sorted quartz grains accompanying significant mica flakes Tourmaline and zircon are ... horizon 27.7m and 28.9 m shown in SiO2/Al2O3, Al2O3/TiO2 ratios, which may be due to influx of coarse sands Table Rare Earth Elements And Other Trace Elements FoundIn Core Sample In Samta INAA No ... to be confined to the intermediate aquifer (30-45 m depth) 4.0 million Tubewells in Bangladesh Supplying Drinking water to the people and among them 1.12 million Tubewells are contaminated with...
... mountain sandand DS giving 5% and 10% siltandclay content We placed cm depth of these mixtures into 10 L aquaria into which sand- filtered seawater flowed 30 individuals of R philippinarum ... difference insiltandclay content As shown in Table 4, the siltandclay content in E3 was about 15-30% Although the siltandclay content (64%) in C3 was measured only once during the experimental ... and 3/100 slope In this trial, PS treated DS, PAC treated DS, and untreated DS were each mixed with mountain sand (1.6% siltand clay) to achieve 25% of siltandclay content (Table 3) This silt...
... water and then dried at 70oC until stabilisation of weight The monitoring indicators for plants growth include plant height and biomass Total Cu insoiland plant tissues, Cu2+ (HNO3 0.43N) insoil ... concentration insoiland Cu content in plant shows a significant positive effect (Fig 1) Table The contents of Cu2+ in soil, Cu content in plant and plant height (fresh weight) Cu2+ insoil Plant ... Cu2+ insoil with plant growth and Cu accumulation in plant The relationship between Cu concentration insoiland biomass of Brassica juncea is presented in Table The highest plant height and...
... or sampling and analysis plan (SAP) Region 9’s guidelines for measuring VOC concentrations insoiland other solid matrices include the following: Samples should be handled as intact soil cores ... Organic Compounds inSoil Subsamples US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Special Report 95-5 Hewitt, A.D and J.E Lukash (1996) Obtaining and Transferring Soils for In- Vial Analysis ... should be handled in intact soil cores and stored in hermetically sealed vessels in both the field and the laboratory December 2005 -9- EPA Region Technical Guidelines for Accurately Determining Volatile...
... increased with the increase of clay content (Xu and Yang, 1995; Liu, 1996) Lu (2000) reported that Cu, Zn, Pb and Cr in Nanjing urban soils were mainly originated from anthropogentic input, and ... value of soils in China and twice as much as the natural background value of soils in the Nanjing area The mean total Pb concentration is four times more than the mean value of soils in China and ... background value of soils in the Nanjing area The mean total Cr concentration is higher than the mean value of soils in China and the natural background value of soils in the Nanjing area Taking the natural...
... elements are normally foundin phosphate fertilizers ŽCharter et al 1995; Todorova and Dombalov 1995 and fertilization for long periods increases their concentration in soils ŽHe and Singh, 1993b; Taylor, ... Jeng and Slingh, 1995 The bioavailability of these elements depends upon their chemical forms in soils, which is related to clay content and mineralogy, the organic matter type and content, pH and ... slightly higher pH values and lower OM and Al Only the higher contents of Co, Pb and Zn in top soil under ZT were related to higher OM and Al contents and lower pH in those soils The comparison between...
... after soil drying and rewetting as an indicator of metal toxicity in soils Soil Biol Biochem 33, 235 – 240 Metting, F.B., 1993 Structure and physiological ecology of soil microbial communities In: ... TOCa inoculum Pinney et al., 2000b Zsolnay and Steindl, 1991d; Qualls and Haines, 1992; Boissier and Fontvieille, 1993; Raymond and Bauer, 2001 inoculum + nutrients Zsolnay, 1996; Marschner and ... active sand was used as an inoculum Biologically active sand was used as an inoculum besides suspended inocula d No direct addition of inoculum; use of unfiltered samples (Zsolany and Steindl,...
... waste-amended soilSoil Sci 2000;165:260 –268 Han FX, Banin A, Triplett GB Redistribution of heavy metals in arid-zone soils under a wetting–drying soil moisture regime Soil Sci 2001;166:18 –28 Hingston ... determined following the methods of Karathanasis and Hajek (1982) and Karathanasis and Harris (1994) Samples were pretreated to remove salts, carbonates, OM and Fe oxides, and the fine clay- sized ... with high binding affinity for As It has been shown that incorporation of alum into poultry-house bedding materials significantly decreases soluble As concentrations in poultry wastes andin runoff...
... As and Cd on the growth of chinese cabbage, radish and lettuce and to establelish the critical level of elements in chinese cabbage, radish and lettuce Materials and Methods A silty loam soil ... edible part of chinese cabbage, radish, and lettuce grown at the Cd treated soils Contents of As and Cd in edible part of chinese cabbage, radish, and lettuce The contents of As and Cd in agricultural ... contents in brown rice were 0.41 and 0.52 mg kg-1 FW at the 10 mg kg-1 As treated loam and sandy loam soils, respectively The contents of As in edible part of chinese cabbage, radish and lettuce...
... Chinese brake fern took up As mainly from Fe–As and Ca–As fractions in CCA soil, and from WE–As fraction in ASC soil Both compost and phosphate amendments increased As leaching from CCA soilin ... DOC in both soils with more pronounced increase observed in the BS treatment (Fig 2c and d) In addition, the CCA soil contained more DOC than the ASC soil although the original OC in the ASC soil ... Al–As in the CCA soil For the ASC soil, however, treatments decreased Fig Soil pH (a and b) and DOC (c and d) in the CCA (a, c) soiland ASC (b, d) soil samples after compost and phosphate treatments...
... fraction whereas Cu is mainly in the strongly bound organic and residual phases Hewitt and Candy (1990), examined levels of Pb, Cd and Zn insoiland dust samples collected inand around the city ... contamination of soils along highways, with the main emphasis on Pb For example, Vandenabeele and Wood (1972), who worked on highway soil samples in Utah, found 180 to 215 ppm Pb in surface soiland ... exists from wind-blown dust Disruption of these soils during highway maintenance, including mowing, and excavation for resurfacing, will cause suspension of these heavily contaminated soils as small...
... porphobilinogen (PBG) deaminase gene mutations in acute intermittent porphyria: first study in patients of Slavic origin Scand J Clin Lab Invest 57, 217–224 24 Chen CH, Astrin KH, Lee G, Anderson ... in black The interacting partners of the mutated residues are shown in yellow and the dipyrromethane (DPM) cofactor is shown in the ball and stick representation Magenta indicates the beginning ... (1989) A point mutation G-A in exon 12 of the porphobilinogen deam- Mutations foundin the HMBS gene 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 inase gene results in exon skipping and is responsible for acute intermittent...