| Title |
Mercury Inhibits Soil Enzyme Activity in a Lower Concentration than the Guideline Value
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00128-015-1664-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, Kannan Krishnan, Mallavarapu Megharaj, Ravi Naidu |
| Abstract |
Three soil types - neutral, alkaline and acidic were experimentally contaminated with nine different concentrations of inorganic mercury (0, 5, 10, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 mg/kg) to derive effective concentrations of mercury that exert toxicity on soil quality. Bioavailability of mercury in terms of water solubility was lower in acidic soil with higher organic carbon. Dehydrogenase enzyme activity and nitrification rate were chosen as indicators to assess soil quality. Inorganic mercury significantly inhibited (p < 0.001) microbial activities in the soils. The critical mercury contents (EC10) were found to be less than the available safe limits for inorganic mercury which demonstrated inadequacy of existing guideline values. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Unknown | 32 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 5 | 16% |
| Researcher | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 15 | 47% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Environmental Science | 9 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 13% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 16 | 50% |
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