the mobility and bioavailability of trace elements in the agricultural soils are extremely important in assessing the risk of toxicity to the growing plants. a five step sequential extraction procedure (sep) has been employed to study the speciation of as, sb, cr, cu, cd, pb, zn, ni, fe and mn in 18 soil samples neighboring an industrial complex in isfahan, central iran. enrichment factor (ef) ...

in order to study concentrations of soil micro and heavy metal elements in some saffron planting regions of birjand province, an experiment was performed as factorial layout based on a completely randomized block design with three replications at year 2013. treatments were three field ages (annual, triennial and quinquennial) and five saffron regions including aryan shahr, hosseinabad, khosef, ...

Abstract The bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) of heavy metal (Fe, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, and As) concentrations in benthic pelagic fish organs (muscles, gills, liver, hearts), metals water sediments Ogbese River, Ondo State, Nigeria were investigated. From the results, within permissible limits stipulated by World Health Organization (WHO). However, sediments, Fe, Mn higher than limits, while As...

to understand the present status of metal contamination along the haiphong-halong coast, the concentrations of as, cd, cr, cu, pb, and zn were seasonally determined in rock oysters from four sites during 2013. the results indicated that a high concentration of heavy metals was found in oysters. the average concentrations of zn and cu were extremely high, ranging from 823.6–3201.6 and 238.1–1597...

The concentration of some heavy metals: Al, Ca, K, Fe, Ti, Mg, Mn, V, Cr, Zn, Ni and Co in sediments from Pulicat Lake to Vadanemmeli along Chennai Coast, Tamil Nadu has been determined using EDXRF technique. The mean concentrations of Mg, Al, K, Ca, Ti, Fe, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, and Zn were found to be 1918, 25436, 9832, 9859, 2109, 8209, 41.58, 34.14, 160.80, 2.85. 18.79 and 29.12 mg kg-1 respec...

The study aims at investigating chemical speciation, bioavailability and risk assessment of some selected metals in soils around refined petroleum depot using the concentrations as variables to ascertain impacts activities within depot. Surface-soils (0–15 cm) were collected from premises Pipelines Product Marketing Company, Ibadan, Nigeria, while control samples 200 m away location. Electrical...

The present investigation deals with the accumulation of heavy metals in fields contaminated with fly ash from a thermal power plant and subsequent uptake in different parts of naturally grown plants. Results revealed that in the contaminated site, the mean level of all the metals (Cd, Zn, Cr, Pb, Cu, Ni, Mn and Fe) in soil and different parts (root and shoots) of plant species were found to be...