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Trace element concentrations in soils along urbanization gradients in the city of Wien, Austria

Simon, Edina

Vidic, Andreas

Braun, Mihály

Fábián, István

Tóthmérész, Béla

Springer Verlag

2012-07-29

Q1 Science (General) / természettudomány általában

Urban soil is an important component of urban
ecosystems. This study focuses on heavy metal contamina-
tion in soils of Wien (Austria) and results are compared to
those for a few large European cities. We analysed the
elemental contents of 96 samples of topsoil from urban,
suburban and rural areas in Wien along a dynamic (flood-
plain forest) and a stable (oak
–
hornbeam forest) urbaniza-
tion gradient. The following elements were quantified using
ICP-OES technique: Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K,
Mg, Mn, Pb, P, S and Zn. For heavy metals PI (pollution
index) values were used to assess the level of pollution. The
PI values indicated high level of pollution by Pb in the
suburban and rural area of stable gradient and in the urban
area of dynamic gradient; moderate level of pollution was
indicated for Cd in the urban area of stable gradient. The
level of pollution was moderate for Co in the suburban and
rural area of the stable gradient, and for Cu in suburban area
of stable gradient, and urban area of dynamic gradient. The
pollution level of Zn was moderate in all areas. Urban soils,
especially in urban parks and green areas may have a direct
influence on human health. Thus, the elemental analysis of
soil samples is one of the best ways to study the effects of
urbanization. Our results indicated that the heavy metal
contamination was higher in Wien than in a few large
European cities.

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Simon, Edina and Vidic, Andreas and Braun, Mihály and Fábián, István and Tóthmérész, Béla (2012) Trace element concentrations in soils along urbanization gradients in the city of Wien, Austria. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, 20. pp. 917-924. ISSN 0944-1344

http://real.mtak.hu/56476/

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-1091-x

DOI 10.1007/s11356-012-1091-x