Influence of Different Types of Land Use on the Contents of Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salts in Roadside Soils and Trees in Urban Areas
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Site Description and Sampling
2.2. Preparation and Chemical Analyses
2.3. Soil and Plant Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salts Analyses
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. pH, Electronic Conductivity in Roadside Soils
3.2. Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salt in Roadside Soils
3.3. Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salt in Roadside Tree Leaves (Ginkgo biloba)
3.4. Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salts Mobility from Roadside Soil to Tree
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Land Use | pH | EC (ɥS/cm) | Salinity (psu) |
---|---|---|---|
Commercial area | 8.30 a * | 0.25 b | 0.29 a |
Residential area | 7.66 a | 0.53 a | 0.26 a |
Industrial area | 7.64 a | 0.44 ab | 0.21 a |
Green area | 6.58 b | 0.56 a | 0.27 a |
Land Use | Potentially Toxic Elements (mg/kg) | De-icing Salts (cmol/kg) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cd | Cu | Zn | Cr | As | Pb | Ni | Na | Ca | Mg | |
Commercial area | 0.552 b * | 21.474 a | 102.324 b | 18.052 b | 8.521 c | 10.482 b | 9.958 b | 0.568 a | 7.497 b | 0.877 b |
Residential area | 0.753 a | 35.014 a | 206.774 ab | 49.391 a | 16.617 a | 18.951 b | 24.881 a | 0.172 c | 11.622 a | 1.544 a |
Industrial area | 0.709 a | 28.895 a | 174.084 b | 43.533 a | 12.664 b | 20.887 b | 18.528 a | 0.385 b | 9.489 ab | 1.384 a |
Green area | 0.720 a | 31.073 a | 335.874 a | 37.684 a | 10.937 bc | 42.221 a | 19.729 a | 0.071 c | 7.940 ab | 1.263 a |
Land Use | Potentially Toxic Elements (mg/kg) | De-icing Salts (cmol/kg) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cd | Cu | Zn | Cr | As | Pb | Ni | Na | Ca | Mg | |
Commercial area | 0.104 a * | 3.755 a | 14.663 a | 5.044 a | 2.721 a | 0.637 a | 3.035 b | 2.426 a | 8.321 c | 16.253 a |
Residential area | 0.159 a | 3.295 a | 10.711 b | 5.223 a | 3.455 a | 0.790 a | 3.023 a | 0.601 b | 11.162 a b | 15.966 a |
Industrial area | 0.152 a | 3.597 a | 12.064 a b | 6.315 a | 3.732 a | 0.701 a | 3.552 a | 0.527 b | 13.713 a | 16.186 a |
Green area | 0.185 a | 4.281 a | 12.371 a b | 6.155 a | 3.411 a | 0.792 a | 3.535 a | 0.970 b | 10.268 bc | 14.098 b |
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Ju, J.-H.; Park, J.-Y.; Yoon, Y.-H. Influence of Different Types of Land Use on the Contents of Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salts in Roadside Soils and Trees in Urban Areas. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8985. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218985
Ju J-H, Park J-Y, Yoon Y-H. Influence of Different Types of Land Use on the Contents of Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salts in Roadside Soils and Trees in Urban Areas. Sustainability. 2020; 12(21):8985. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218985
Chicago/Turabian StyleJu, Jin-Hee, Ju-Young Park, and Yong-Han Yoon. 2020. "Influence of Different Types of Land Use on the Contents of Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salts in Roadside Soils and Trees in Urban Areas" Sustainability 12, no. 21: 8985. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218985
APA StyleJu, J.-H., Park, J.-Y., & Yoon, Y.-H. (2020). Influence of Different Types of Land Use on the Contents of Potentially Toxic Elements and De-icing Salts in Roadside Soils and Trees in Urban Areas. Sustainability, 12(21), 8985. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218985