简介：Inapreviousgreenhouseexperiment,weshowedthattherewasaninteractionbetweencuandZn,whichaffectedgrowthandmetaluptakebyyoungbarleyplantsgrownonsoiltowhichCd,Cu,Pb,andZnhadbeenadded.Wesuggestedthattheunderlyingmechanismwasthecontroloftheamountofplant-availableZnbycompetitiveadsorptionbetweenCuandZn,Inordertotestthishypothesis,theadsorptionofZnalone,andinthepresenceofaddedCd,CuandPb,hasbeenmeasuredusingthesamesoil.Followingadsorption,theextractabilityoftheZninCaCl2solutionwasmeasured.TheadsorptionisothermsshowedthatoftheaddedmetalsonlyCuhadalargeeffectonZnadsorption.TheeffectofCuwastoreduceZnadsoptionandtoincreasetheamountofCaCl2-extractable(i.e.plant-available)Zn,inagreementwiththeconclusionsfromthegreenhouseexperiment.ThemagnitudeoftheeffectofCuonplant-avalilableZnwassimilarinbothexperiments.

简介：Soilswerecollectedfrom2-year(2-y)and3-year(3-y)oldred-pineseedlingplotsintwotreenurseries,HaywardinthenorthandWilsoninthesouthwesternpartofWisconsinStaterespectively,andequilibratedwith0.01MCa(NO3)2)forsoilsolutionZnandMn(solu-ZnandMn),andwith0.01MCa(NO3)2+0.005MEDTAforsoilabsorbedZnandMn(ad-ZnandMn).BufferingcapacityofsoilZnandMn(b-ZnandMn)wasobtainedfromtheratioofad-ZnandMntothesolu-ZnandMn.Theconcernedtracesinpineseedlingneedles(ndls),stems(sts)androots(rts)weresimultaneouslymeasured.Theresultsobtainedshowthat:About60%ofsolu-andad-Znrangedfrom0.2to0.4andfrom1to2μg/gsoilrespectively.About70%ofb-Znwaswithin3-10.Thehighestcontentofsolu-Zncomparedwiththelowestshowedadiscrepanceofmorethan10-fold.ThetwoformsofsoilZnwerecommonlyhigherinWilsonthaninHaywarkNursery.About80%ofsolu-,ad-andb-Mnwerewithin3-10,5-5.8μg/gsoiland1-2respectively.Influenceoflowbufferingcapacityonsolu-ZnandMnwasabout20timesstrongerthanthatofthehigh.TheE-value,aratioofaccumulatedZnandMninneedlestothoseinthesoilsolution,isprovedtobe:E-Zn>E-Mn;E-sts>E-ndlsorE-rts;andE-2y>E-3y.Curvilinearand/orlinearcorrelationsbetweensoilsolu-,ad-andb-ZnandMnandndls-,sts-,rts-ZnandMnwereatverysignificantorsignificantlevels.Forpredictingndls-ZnandMn,tworealizableandsimplemodelsfromtworegressionequationswereestablishedthroughtheselectionofrelatedparametersanddependentvariables.BinaryregressionanalysisbasicallyeliminatedtheinfluenceofsoilpHonthepredictionofZnandMninneedles.SoilpHwasthusthoughttobeexcludedfromthemodel.

简介：Dustemissionsfromsmelters,asamajorcontributortoheavymetalcontaminationinsoils,couldseverelyinfluencesoilquality.Downwindsurfacesoilswithin1.5kmofazincsmelter,whichwasactivefor10yearsbutceasedin2000,inMaguTown,GuizhouProvince,ChinawereselectedtoexaminePb,Zn,andCdconcentrationsandtheirfractionationalongadistancegradientfromazincsmelter,andtostudythepossiblee?ectsofPb,Zn,andCdaccumulationonsoilmicroorganismsbycomparingwithareferencesoillocatedatadownwinddistanceof10kmfromthezincsmelter.Soilswithin1.5kmofthezincsmelteraccumulatedhighlevelsofheavymetalsZn(508mgkg-1),Pb(95.6mgkg-1),andCd(5.98mgkg-1)withlowratiosofZn/Cd(59.1-115)andPb/Cd(12.4-23.4).Compositepollutionindices(CPIs)ofsurfacesoils(2.52-15.2)were3to13timeshigherthanthereferencesoils.Inmetalaccumulatedsoils,exchangeablepluscarbonate-boundfractionsaccountedformorethan10%ofthetotalZn,Pb,andCd.Thesaturationdegreeofmetals(SDM)insoilswithin1.5kmofthesmelter(averaging1.25)wassixtimeshigherthanthatofthereferencesoils(0.209).Asmallersoilmicrobialbiomasswasfoundmorefrequentlyinmetalaccumulatedsoils(85.1-438μgCg-1)thaninreferencesoils(497μgCg-1),andanegativecorrelation(P<0.01)ofsoilmicrobialbiomasscarbontoorganiccarbonratio(Cmic/Corg)withSDMwasobserved.Microbialconsumptionofcarbonsourceswasmorerapidincontaminatedsoilsthaninreferencesoils,andashiftinthesubstrateutilizationpatternwasapparentandwasnegativelycorrelatedwithSDM(R=-0.773,P<0.01).Consequently,dustdepositedPb,Zn,andCdinsoilsfromzincsmeltingwerereadilymobilized,andweredetrimentaltosoilqualitymainlyinrespectofmicrobialbiomass.