TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamics of nitrogen in a PAHs contaminated soil amended with biosolid or vermicompost in the presence of earthworms
AU - Contreras-Ramos, S. M.
AU - Álvarez-Bernal, D.
AU - Dendooven, L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank M. Luna-Guido and J.M. Ceballos-Ramirez for technical assistance and Reciclagua S.A. de C.V. for the biosolid. The research was funded by the Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav and Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) project FOSEMARNAT-2004-01-219. S.M.C.-R. and D.A.-B. received grant-aided support from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), México.
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - Nitrogen mineralization in PAHs contaminated soil in presence of Eisenia fetida amended with biosolid or vermicompost was investigated. Sterilized and unsterilized soil was contaminated with PAHs, added with E. fetida and biosolid or vermicompost and incubated aerobically for 70 days, while dynamics of inorganic N were monitored. Addition of E. fetida to sterilized soil increased concentration of NH4+ 100 > mg N kg-1, while concentrations in unsterilized remained <60 mg N kg-1 except for soil amended with biosolid plus PAHs where it increased to >80 mg kg-1. Addition of PAHs had no significant effect on concentration of NH4+ compared to the unamended soil, except in the soil added with biosolid. Addition of E. fetida to sterilized soil increased concentration of NO2- 15 > mg N kg-1 while concentrations in unsterilized soil remained <7.5 mg N kg-1 except for soil amended with biosolid where it increased to >20 mg kg-1. Addition of PAHs had no significant effect on concentration of NO2- compared to the unamended soil. Addition of biosolid and vermicompost increased concentration of NO3-, while addition of E. fetida decreased concentration of NO3- in biosolid amended soil. It was found that NH4+ and NO2- oxidizers were present in the gut of E. fetida, but their activity was not sufficient enough to inhibit a temporarily increase in concentrations of NH4+ and NO2-. Contamination with PAHs induced immobilization of N in biosolid or vermicompost amended soil, as did feeding of E. fetida on biosolid or vermicompost.
AB - Nitrogen mineralization in PAHs contaminated soil in presence of Eisenia fetida amended with biosolid or vermicompost was investigated. Sterilized and unsterilized soil was contaminated with PAHs, added with E. fetida and biosolid or vermicompost and incubated aerobically for 70 days, while dynamics of inorganic N were monitored. Addition of E. fetida to sterilized soil increased concentration of NH4+ 100 > mg N kg-1, while concentrations in unsterilized remained <60 mg N kg-1 except for soil amended with biosolid plus PAHs where it increased to >80 mg kg-1. Addition of PAHs had no significant effect on concentration of NH4+ compared to the unamended soil, except in the soil added with biosolid. Addition of E. fetida to sterilized soil increased concentration of NO2- 15 > mg N kg-1 while concentrations in unsterilized soil remained <7.5 mg N kg-1 except for soil amended with biosolid where it increased to >20 mg kg-1. Addition of PAHs had no significant effect on concentration of NO2- compared to the unamended soil. Addition of biosolid and vermicompost increased concentration of NO3-, while addition of E. fetida decreased concentration of NO3- in biosolid amended soil. It was found that NH4+ and NO2- oxidizers were present in the gut of E. fetida, but their activity was not sufficient enough to inhibit a temporarily increase in concentrations of NH4+ and NO2-. Contamination with PAHs induced immobilization of N in biosolid or vermicompost amended soil, as did feeding of E. fetida on biosolid or vermicompost.
KW - Autochthonous micro-organisms
KW - Concentrations of inorganic N
KW - Eisenia fetida
KW - Hydrocarbons
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.10.069
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.10.069
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 17307221
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 67
SP - 2072
EP - 2081
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
IS - 10
ER -