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Arsenic in soil and vegetation of a contaminated area |
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| Authors: | N Karimi S M Ghaderian H Schat |
| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran 2. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran 3. Department of Genetics, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | Plant and soil samples were collected from one uncontaminated and four contaminated sites (in the Dashkasan mining area western Iran). Total and water-soluble arsenic in the soil ranged from 7 to 795 and from 0.007 to 2.32 mg/kg, respectively. The highest arsenic concentration in soil was found at the ore dressing area (up to 1,180 mg/kg) and lowest at an uncontaminated area (up to 11 mg/kg). A total of 49 plant species belonging to 15 families were collected from four sampling sites. A significant positive correlation was detected between the concentrations of arsenic in plant dry matter and those in soils. The highest arsenic concentrations were found in Hyoscyamus kurdicus Bornm. (up to 205 mg/kg) and Helichrysum oligocephalum DC. (up to 162 mg/kg). These two accumulator species could have potential for soil clean-up by phytoextraction. The data have been compared with those for the Zarshuran mining area (north-western Iran) obtained in a former study. |
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