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| Author(s): |
Roberta Corrêa Nogueirol
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2009-01-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Luis Reynaldo Ferracciú Alleoni;
Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino Cerri;
Adriana Marlene Moreno Pires
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| Advisor: | Luis Reynaldo Ferracciú Alleoni |
| Abstract | |
Soil pollution by heavy metals due the intensification of industrial activities, agriculture and urbanization has promoted serious impacts in the environment. The contamination caused by heavy metals in soil amended with urban waste-residues is often evaluated taking into account the total content of the elements in the soil. However, the knowledge of their bioavailable concentration is required when evaluating their effects in plants and in food chain. This study was carried out in an agricultural area contaminated with heavy metals derived from a residue. The site is located in Piracicaba, São Paulo state, Brazil, and the prevailing soil is Entisol associated with Inceptisol. Once detected the contamination, 10 t ha-1 of a dolomitic lime were applied followed by a mouldboard ploughing (20 cm deep). The objective this study was to evaluate: i) bioavailable concentration of Ba, Cu, Pb, Ni e Zn by using two extractants; ii) the distribution of these elements in soil fractions by means of sequential extraction; iii) speciation of cations and anions in the soil solution, and iv) greenhouse gas emissions. Samples were collected in three depths: 0-0.2m (containing a mixture of soil + residue); 0.2-0.4m (containing residue only); and 0.4-0.6m (containing soil only) in the contaminated area and in two adjacent areas, one of them cultivated with sugarcane, where the residue was not applied, and the other one was a forest area (control). Total metals contents in the contaminated area were higher than the agricultural intervention values established by the Company of Environmental and Sanitation Technology of the State of São Paulo, and the bioavailable contents extracted by Mehlich III were eight-fold higher than those extracted by DTPA. The standard deviation among the replicates was higher when the ionic resin was used than Mehlich-I and KCl extractants. The resin extracted higher amounts of elements than the other extractants. In the samples containing residue, the metals were found, mainly, in the low available fractions (residual, oxides and carbonates). Ba and Pb were predominantly found in the residual fraction, while Ni was more available in the samples from the sugarcane and the forest areas. Cu was distributed between the residual and the oxides fractions, excepting in the sample containing residue, where the carbonate fraction was expressive. Zn contents were distributed in the residue samples between the residual and the carbonate fractions. On the other hand, this element was found mainly on the organic matter and in the oxide fractions of the samples from the control area (forest). All the heavy metals were, predominantly, as hydroxilated species, excepting for Ba, found as Ba2+. The application of the residue affected the emission of greenhouse gas, and CH4 was the gas that has more contributed for this effect, followed by CO2. (AU) | |