丛枝菌根真菌对紫花苜蓿与黑麦草修复多环芳烃污染土壤的影响

通过温室盆栽试验,研究接种土著与外源丛枝菌根(AM)真菌对紫花苜蓿与黑麦草修复多环芳烃(PAHs)污染土壤的影响.结果表明,接种外源AM真菌--苏格兰球囊霉(Glomus caledonium)36号能够显著提高紫花苜蓿和黑麦草的AM真菌侵染率并促进植物生长,而接种土著菌剂或土著菌剂与36号菌剂双接种对AM真菌侵染和植物生长无促进作用,甚至降低了黑麦草苗期的AM真菌侵染率.种植紫花苜蓿和黑麦草促进了土壤中PAHs的降解,这2种植物接种36号菌剂的处理60天时土壤PAHs降解率分别达42.3%和41.1%,说明36号菌剂可以显著提高植物修复效率,而接种土著菌剂对修复作用无显著影响,土著菌剂与36号菌剂双接种对紫花苜蓿的修复效果也无显著影响,但60天时显著提高黑麦草的修复效率.土壤中PAHs降解率与植物根系的AM真菌侵染率呈显著正相关关系(P<0.05),表明AM真菌侵染可以提高紫花苜蓿与黑麦草对PAHs污染土壤的修复效率.     

多环芳烃(PAHs)污染对滨海湿地入侵植物互花米草的影响北大核心CSCD

滨海湿地生态系统正遭受着人为活动或自然因素的威胁,为探究多环芳烃（PAHs）污染对滨海湿地入侵植物互花米草根际、根内微生物的影响及植物-微生物联合修复PAHs的潜力,设置含有不同浓度菲和芘的沉积物处理,通过盆栽实验对互花米草幼苗进行暴露.结果显示,培养70 d后,菲和芘的去除率分别为13%-36%和11%-30%;菲处理的互花米草根际沉积物中脱氢酶活性显著高于对照（P〈0.05）,非根际沉积物多酚氧化酶活性则降低10%.磷脂脂肪酸（PLFA）分析显示,菲处理显著降低了根际沉积物微生物量（P〈0.05）,尤其是革兰氏阴性菌下降了24%;而芘处理对脱氢酶、多酚氧化酶以及总微生物量的影响相对较小.100 mg/kg菲处理使得根际与根内革兰氏阴性菌PAHs-环羟基双加氧酶基因（PAH-RHDα-GN）丰度比对照组分别增加了100倍和3倍;而100 mg/kg芘处理使得根际与非根际沉积物中PAH-RHDα-GP丰度显著升高（P〈0.05）.上述结果表明,入侵植物互花米草对PAHs污染存在明显的响应,其根内细菌在植物-微生物联合修复PAHs污染具有重要的作用.     

不同放牧梯度下草甸草原土壤微生物和酶活性研究

通过小区控制放牧实验,研究呼伦贝尔草甸草原不同放牧强度下草地土壤微生物和酶活性的变化。结果表明：不同处理土壤微生物数量表现为细菌〉放线菌〉真菌。不同土层土壤微生物总数不放牧处理大于放牧处理,0～30 cm土层土壤微生物生物量碳、氮含量在轻牧区较高,在中牧区较低。土壤脲酶和过氧化氢酶活性轻度放牧和中度放牧高于不放牧和重度放牧。土壤微生物数量、生物量、土壤蛋白酶和过氧化氢酶活性均随土壤深度的增加呈递减趋势。相关分析表明,土壤微生物数量、微生物生物量以及土壤酶活性相互之间密切相关,土壤微生物量N与细菌达到极显著正相关（P〈0.01）,与真菌和放线菌呈显著相关（P〈0.05）。土壤微生物量C与真菌达到极显著负相关（P〈0.01）,与放线菌呈显著负相关（P〈0.05）。土壤微生物数量、土壤微生物量N与转化酶、蛋白酶、过氧化氢酶活性呈显著或极显著正相关。土壤微生物量C与转化酶、蛋白酶、过氧化氢酶呈显著负相关（P〈0.05）。     

毛乌素沙地东南缘沙漠化过程中土壤酶活性的演变研究

研究了毛乌素沙地东南缘沙漠化过程中土壤脲酶、过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶活性的响应过程,并对其与土壤养分的相关关系进行分析。结果表明,随沙漠化程度的加剧,土壤脲酶、过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶活性均降低,随土层深度的增加,土壤脲酶活性呈降低趋势,土壤过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶并未表现出规律性变化,沙漠化过程破坏了土壤酶的活性,三种酶活性能较为敏感地反映土壤环境的变化;相关性分析结果显示,土壤三种酶活性之间存在着极显著正相关性．且三种酶活性与土壤有机质和全氮含量之间同样存在极显著正相关性,表明三种酶在相互作用过程存在共生关系,且能够作为衡量土壤肥力的重要指标。土壤脲酶、过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶活性变化可作为衡量沙漠化环境变化的重要指示性指标,并可为进一步揭示沙漠化的生物学规律提供依据。     

基于土壤酶活性变化的铅污染土壤修复基准

近年来,污染土壤修复技术发展很快,而污染土壤修复标准的建立则相对迟缓。为了推进我国该领域的工作,对铅胁迫下土壤酶活性（如过氧化氢酶,磷酸酶,脲酶）随时间的变化进行了研究,以确定棕壤土中铅的土壤修复基准。结果表明：土壤中的铅能够刺激土壤中过氧化氢酶活性的增加,但随着土壤铅浓度的增加,这种刺激作用逐渐减小。土壤过氧化氢酶活性不宜作为铅污染土壤的生物标记物。土壤磷酸酶活性没有一致的变化规律,土壤磷酸酶活性不能作为铅污染土壤的生物标记物。在整个实验时间范围内,土壤脲酶活性与土壤中铅的浓度具有明显的剂量-效应关系（P〈0.01）,土壤脲酶活性可以作为铅污染土壤生物标记物。以土壤脲酶抑制率降低25%为依据,确定棕壤中铅的土壤修复基准为94mg·kg-1,以土壤脲酶抑制率降低45%为依据,确定棕壤中铅的土壤修复基准为178mg·kg-1。     

多环芳烃污染土壤的微生物-紫花苜蓿联合修复效应

微生物-植物联合修复技术作为一种低耗高效的新型修复手段已经被广泛应用于有机污染土壤的修复领域并取得了较好的效果,新型生物资源的应用将推动该方法的进一步发展。本研究采用温室盆栽实验,以里氏木霉（Trichodermaressei FS10-C）、根瘤菌（Rhizobium meliloti）和紫花苜蓿（Medicago sativa L.）作为供试生物,设置添加灭活菌剂-无紫花苜蓿（CK）、添加灭活菌剂-种植紫花苜蓿（A）、接种木霉菌剂-种植紫花苜蓿（TA）、接种木霉菌根瘤菌复合菌剂-种植紫花苜蓿（TRA）4种处理,探究微生物-植物联合修复对多环芳烃（PAHs）污染土壤的生物修复效果及其微生态效应。结果表明,经过60 d的培养,微生物不仅促进了紫花苜蓿的生长,而且在紫花苜蓿的协同作用下进一步提高了土壤中PAHs降解率。TA处理中紫花苜蓿生物量增加了5.88%,而TRA处理进一步促进了紫花苜蓿的生长,其生物量增加了11.15%;A、TA和TRA处理下土壤中PAHs的降解率分别为17.02%、25.62%、32.93%,显著（p〈0.05）高于处理CK（5.67%）。此外,接种菌剂处理（TA、TRA）对土壤中高分子量PAHs具有更好的降解效果,A处理土壤中4-、5（＋6）环PAHs的降解率分别为18.13%、24.74%,TA处理为21.41%、28.34%,而TRA处理则为21.29%、30.11%。同时,紫花苜蓿能够通过其根际效应显著促进土壤微生物活性,相较于CK处理,A、TA、TRA处理土壤脱氢酶活性分别提高了33.20%、34.58%、32.65%,A、TA、TRA处理AWCD值和微生物群落多样性指数均显著（p〈0.05）高于CK。通过木霉、根瘤菌与紫花苜蓿联合作用不仅可以有效地降解土壤中的PAHs,而且能够恢复土壤微生物生态功能多样性和稳定性。因此,该方法是一种极具潜力的生物修复手段,具有广阔的市场应用前景。     

四种改良剂对Cu、Cd复合污染土壤中Cu、Cd形态和土壤酶活性的影响

以黑麦草（Lolium perenne L.）作为修复植物进行田间试验,研究了石灰、磷灰石、蒙脱石、凹凸棒石4种改良剂对铜镉复合污染土壤中Cu、Cd形态和土壤酶活性的影响。结果表明,改良剂提高了污染土壤pH,降低了土壤可交换态（EX）Cu、Cd含量;改良剂提高了土壤脲酶、酸性磷酸酶和过氧化氢酶活性,每种改良剂对土壤酶活性增加幅度随其添加剂量增加而增大;土壤酶活性与土壤EX态Cu、Cd含量呈显著或极显著负相关关系,与土壤pH呈显著或极显著正相关关系;高剂量石灰（石灰占污染土壤耕作层质量的0.4%）和高剂量磷灰石（磷灰石占污染土壤耕作层质量的2.32%）处理钝化污染土壤中Cu、Cd及提高土壤酶活性效果最好。     

沼液对甘蓝连作土壤生物学性质的影响

以施用化肥225 kg/hm2为对照,设置两种不同的沼液用量(以纯氮计):沼液I(168 kg/hm2)和沼液II(225 kg/hm2),通过连续3 a的甘蓝种植试验,研究沼液对甘蓝连作土壤微生物区系、土壤酶活性以及土壤养分与土壤酶活性之间的相关性.结果表明:1)施用沼液显著改善了连作土壤的微生物区系,溶磷细菌、解钾细菌、氨化细菌、固氮菌和放线菌的数量显著增加;同时抑制了真菌的富集.两种不同用量的沼液处理较化肥处理的土壤细菌/真菌(B/F)值分别提高了142.7%和202.3%.2)在225 kg/hm2等氮水平下,施用沼液显著提高了土壤的蔗糖酶、磷酸酶和蛋白酶活性,较之化肥处理分别提高了63.96%、137.61%和139.66%;同时显著降低了土壤过氧化氢酶和多酚氧化酶活性.3)土壤养分与土壤酶活性相关性分析表明,有机质含量与土壤脲酶、磷酸酶、蔗糖酶和蛋白酶活性呈显著正相关,与过氧化氢酶活性呈显著负相关,而与多酚氧化酶活性无明显相关性;磷酸酶活性与土壤速效磷含量呈显著正相关;蛋白酶活性与土壤碱解氮、全氮含量呈显著正相关.表4参24     

1,4-二氯苯在褐土中的残留量变化及对几种土壤酶活性的影响

1,4-二氯苯(1,4-DCB)作为农药和化工产品生产的原料和中间体,在环境中的含量越来越多.采用气相色谱法对不同浓度1,4-DCB处理后土壤中药物残留量进行了测定;对1,4-DCB处理后褐土土壤中几种重要的氧化还原酶(多酚氧化酶、过氧化氢酶、脱氢酶)和脲酶活性进行测定,用其改变来反应1,4-DCB残留对土壤生态系统的影响.结果发现:在1,4-DCB处理30 d后,土壤中1,4-DCB残留保持在44%~50%;1,4-DCB处理后土壤中多酚氧化酶活性呈现先升高后降低的现象,酶活性峰值因作用时间和作用浓度不同而不同.与多酚氧化酶活性改变趋势不同,1,4-DCB处理后土壤脱氢酶活性降低.两种酶活性与1,4-DCB处理浓度之间均具有一定的浓度-效应和时间-效应关系.与多酚氧化酶和脱氢酶活性变化结果不同,1,4-DCB处理后土壤脲酶和过氧化氢酶的活性则随着处理浓度升高和处理时间延长而升高.因此,土壤中不同酶活性对1,4-DCB污染产生了不同的响应.     

川西亚高山冷杉林和白桦林土壤酶活性季节动态

研究了川西亚高山冷杉林和白桦林中与土壤碳氮元素循环有关的土壤脲酶、蛋白酶、转化酶、过氧化氢酶、多酚氧化酶和脱氢酶活性的季节变化规律．结果表明：(1)在两个群落中，腐殖质层(A)中6种土壤酶活性均高于淀积层(B)和母质层(C)中的酶活性；(2)白桦林A层土壤酶活性显著高于冷杉林A层土壤，而C层的脲酶和过氧化氢酶活性以冷杉林明显高于白桦林，但C层的其它4种酶活性没有明显差异；(3)土壤酶活性的高峰期主要出现在温度较高的7、8月份(冷杉林A层土壤中的蛋白酶、过氧化氢酶和脱氢酶，白桦林A层土壤中的蛋白酶、蔗糖酶和脱氢酶)，或是凋落物高峰期的10月份(冷杉林A层土壤中的脲酶、多酚氧化酶和蔗糖酶，白桦林A层土壤中的多酚氧化酶)．可见，不同土壤酶的活性对温度的敏感程度是不一样的，有一些土壤酶的活性(如多酚氧化酶)明显受凋落物动态的影响．图1表2参18     

土壤多环芳烃污染根际修复研究进展

多环芳烃(polycyclicaromatichydrocarbons,PAHs)是环境中普遍存在的具有代表性的一类重要持久性有机污染物,具“三致性”、难降解性,在土壤环境中不断积累,严重危害着土壤的生产和生态功能、农产品质量和人类健康。修复土壤多环芳烃污染已成为研究的焦点。根际修复是利用植物-微生物和根际环境降解有机污染物的复合生物修复技术,是目前最具潜力的土壤生物修复技术之一。对国内外学者近年来在土壤多环芳烃污染根际修复的效果、根际修复机理和根际修复的影响因素方面的研究进展作了较系统的综述,并分别分析了单作体系、混作体系、多进程根际修复系统和接种植物生长促进菌根际修复系统对土壤多环芳烃的修复效果。指出根际环境对PAHs的修复主要有3种机制:根系直接吸收和代谢PAHs;植物根系释放酶和分泌物去除PAHs,增加根际微生物数量,提高其活性,强化微生物群体降解PAHs。并讨论了影响根际修复PAHs的环境因素如植物、土壤类型、PAHs理化性质、菌根真菌以及表面活性剂等。植物-表面活性剂结合的根际修复技术、PAHs胁迫下根际的动态调节过程、运用分子生物学技术并结合植物根分泌物的特异性筛选高效修复植物以及植物富集的PAHs代谢产物进行跟踪与风险评价将成为未来研究的主流。     

炼油厂周边PAHs污染土壤中微生物群落结构多样性研究

直接从污染土壤中提取微生物基因组DNA,对基因组DNA进行16S rDNA聚合酶链式反应（PCR）扩增和末端限制性片段多态性（T-RFLP）分析,进而对炼油厂附近PAHs污染区土壤微生物群落结构和多样性进行初步研究。结果表明,PAHs浓度较高的土壤中PAHs主要以高相对分子质量PAHs为主,此外,其土壤微生物群落多样性明显低于PAHs浓度较低的土壤。高浓度PAHs刺激了某些土壤微生物生长。不同污染程度的土壤存在一定数量相同的优势菌群,但相对丰度具有明显差异。其中α-变形菌是五个区域土壤中的主导微生物。研究结果将为炼油厂周边土壤的修复治理提供科学依据。     

污染场地土壤多环芳烃（PAHs）生物可利用浓度的健康风险评价方法

随土壤不慎经口摄入是PAHs对人体健康造成危害的重要途径之一,目前该暴露途径下PAHs的健康风险计算主要基于土壤中总PAHs浓度进行计算。但是,这种计算方法并未考虑PAHs在土壤中的赋存状态及经口摄入后在人体不同器官中的毒理动力学过程,导致计算结果过于保守,修复目标过于严格,修复成本过高。针对这一问题国外相关研究人员已开展基于土壤中PAHs生物可利用性的健康风险评价研究并取得较大进展,但在国内就如何在风险评价过程中引入PAHs生物可利用性及其面临的障碍缺乏系统性报道。在对土壤中PAHs赋存形态及其随土壤经口腔摄入后在人体消化及循环系统中的动态分配最新研究成果进行综述的基础上,通过对该暴露途径下现有风险计算模型存在问题及原因进行分析,提出基于土壤中PAHs可利用浓度进行风险计算,并对相应计算模型进行推导以及模型参数的获取方法进行了简要概括,以解决目前模型计算结果过于保守的问题。同时,对于在现有分层次进行场地健康风险评价思路中如何科学地纳入基于土壤中PAHs可利用浓度进行风险计算的思路以及在实际风险评价中应用该思路还需进行的研究工作进行了简要讨论。     

Enrichment and transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) through dust aerosol generation from soil to the air

● Compositional patterns of PAHs in dust aerosol vary from soil during dust generation. ● The EF of PAH in dust aerosol is affected by soil texture and soil PAH concentration. ● The sizes of dust aerosol play an important role in the enrichment of HMW-PAHs. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are major organic pollutants in soil. It is known that they are released to the atmosphere by wind via dust aerosol generation. However, it remains unclear how these pollutants are transferred through the air/soil interface. In this study, dust aerosols were generated in the laboratory using soils (sandy loam and loam) with various physicochemical properties. The PAH concentrations of these soils and their generated dust aerosol were measured, showing that the enrichment factors (EFs) of PAHs were affected by soil texture, PAH contamination level, molecular weight of PAH species and aerosol sizes. The PAHs with higher EFs (6.24–123.35 in dust PM_2.5; 7.02–47.65 in dust PM₁₀) usually had high molecular weights with more than four aromatic rings. In addition, the positive correlation between EFs of PAHs and the total OC_aerosol content of dust aerosol in different particle sizes was also statistically significant (r = 0.440, P < 0.05). This work provides insights into the relationship between atmospheric PAHs and the contaminated soils and the transfer process of PAHs through the soil-air interface.     

绿色食品产地土壤中PAHs测定方法研究

对绿色食品产地土壤中多环芳烃的气相色谱质谱联用分析法进行了研究。样品经索氏提取后硅胶氧化铝复合柱净化,最后用GC/MS内标法进行定性定量分析。方法相关系数除苯并(a,h)蒽的相关系数R2=0.9970外,其余目标化合物的相关系数R2均大于0.9991,各化合物线性关系良好。方法加标回收率大多在70%至90%间,各目标化合物的方法检测限为2.2～40ng/kg。     

Distribution and vertical migration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in forest soil pits of southeastern Tibet

PAHs could be transported to Tibetan Plateau in accompany with atmospheric circulation. The forest regions were found be an important sink for PAHs, while their distributions and migrations in forest are still uncertain. In this study, soil profile samples were collected in southeastern Tibet and the concentrations, distributions, and migration of PAHs in forest region were investigated. The PAHs levels in the forest soils were at the low end of remote sites, ranged from 27.4 to 120.3 ng g^?1 on a dry weight based. Due to low ambient temperature and high organic carbon content, enrichment of PAHs was found in higher altitude on north side. According to the soil profiles, the vertical distributions of PAHs in organic layers were mainly influenced by pedogenesis, while the vertical distributions in mineral layers were dominated by downward leaching effect. Enrich factor (EF) of PAHs was estimated, and the values in organic layers were positively correlated with the octanol–air partition coefficients (K _OA), but EFs in mineral layers decreased with the K _OA values. PAHs in the surface soils on the north side of forest were relatively stable, while the migration of PAHs on the south sides and other clearing sites was more active. The leaching rates of PAHs in clearing site ranged between 1.42 and 29.3%. The results from this study are valuable on the characterization of PAHs in Tibetan Plateau.     

Dissipation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and microbial activity in a field soil planted with perennial ryegrass

Dissipation and plant uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated agricultural soil planted with perennial ryegrass were investigated in a field experiment. After two seasons of grass cultivation the mean concentration of 12 PAHs in soil decreased by 23.4% compared with the initial soil. The 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-ring PAHs were dissipated by 30.9%, 25.5%, 21.2%, and 16.3% from the soil, respectively. Ryegrass shoots accumulated about 280 μg·kg^-1, shoot dry matter biomass reached 2.48 × 10⁴ kg·ha^-1, and plant uptake accounted for about 0.99% of the decrease in PAHs in the soil. Significantly higher soil enzyme activities and microbial community functional diversity were observed in planted soil than that in the unplanted control. The results suggest that planting ryegrass may promote the dissipation of PAHs in long-term contaminated agricultural soil, and plant-promoted microbial degradation may be a main mechanism of phytoremediation.     

Biodegradation of anthracene and phenanthrene by bacteria isolated from oil-contaminated soil of Bangladesh

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants entering into the environment through natural and anthropogenic activities. Owing to their toxicity to various life forms including humans, detoxification of PAHs is crucial to reduce their effects on cells. In this study, we have isolated two bacteria capable of degrading two common PAHs, anthracene and phenanthrene, from contaminated soil samples by using selective enrichment culture supplemented with test PAHs as the sole source of carbon and energy. The isolated bacteria were identified and affiliated as Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain KD and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain RC based on their 16s rRNA gene sequences. The degradation of anthracene and phenanthrene was estimated indirectly by measuring the decolourisation extent of a redox indicator, 2, 6-dichlorophenolindophenol, incorporated into PAH-supplemented mineral salt media. In the case of anthracene, ≥90% decolourisation was recorded at 20 and 48 days for P. aeruginosa and S. Maltophilia, respectively. On the other hand, ≥94% decolourisation was recorded at 56 and 52 days for P. aeruginosa and S. maltophilia, respectively during the utilisation of phenanthrene.     

污染场地土壤多环芳烃(PAHs)生物可利用浓度的健康风险评价方法

随土壤不慎经口摄入是PAHs对人体健康造成危害的重要途径之一,目前该暴露途径下PAHs的健康风险计算主要基于土壤中总PAHs浓度进行计算。但是,这种计算方法并未考虑PAHs在土壤中的赋存状态及经口摄入后在人体不同器官中的毒理动力学过程,导致计算结果过于保守,修复目标过于严格,修复成本过高。针对这一问题国外相关研究人员已开展基于土壤中PAHs生物可利用性的健康风险评价研究并取得较大进展,但在国内就如何在风险评价过程中引入PAHs生物可利用性及其面临的障碍缺乏系统性报道。在对土壤中PAHs赋存形态及其随土壤经口腔摄入后在人体消化及循环系统中的动态分配最新研究成果进行综述的基础上,通过对该暴露途径下现有风险计算模型存在问题及原因进行分析,提出基于土壤中PAHs可利用浓度进行风险计算,并对相应计算模型进行推导以及模型参数的获取方法进行了简要概括,以解决目前模型计算结果过于保守的问题。同时,对于在现有分层次进行场地健康风险评价思路中如何科学地纳入基于土壤中PAHs可利用浓度进行风险计算的思路以及在实际风险评价中应用该思路还需进行的研究工作进行了简要讨论。     

Assessment of persistent organic pollutants in soil and sediments from an urbanized flood plain area

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and phenolic compounds (PCs) are persistent organic compounds. Contamination of these potentially toxic organic pollutants in soils and sediments is most studied environmental compartments. In recent past, studies were carried out on PAHs, OCPs and PCs in various soils and sediments in India. But, this is the first study on these pollutants in soils and sediments from an urbanized river flood plain area in Delhi, India. During 2018, a total of fifty-four samples including twenty-seven each of soil and sediment were collected and analyzed for thirteen priority PAHs, four OCPs and six PCs. The detected concentration of ∑PAHs, ∑OCPs and ∑PCs in soils ranged between 473 and 1132, 13 and 41, and 639 and 2112 µg/kg, respectively, while their concentrations in sediments ranged between 1685 and 4010, 4.2 and 47, and 553 and 20,983 µg/kg, respectively. PAHs with 4-aromatic rings were the dominant compounds, accounting for 51 and 76% of total PAHs in soils and sediments, respectively. The contribution of seven carcinogen PAHs (7CPAHs) in soils and sediments accounted for 43% and 61%, respectively, to ∑PAHs. Among OCPs, p, p’-DDT was the dominant compound in soils, while α-HCH was found to be dominated in sediments. The concentrations of ∑CPs (chlorophenols) were dominated over ∑NPs (nitrophenols) in both the matrices. Various diagnostic tools were applied for the identification of their possible sources in soil and sediments. The observed concentrations of PAHs, OCPs and PCs were more or less comparable with the recently reports from various locations around the world including India. Soil quality guidelines and consensus-based sediment quality guidelines were applied for the assessment of ecotoxicological health effect.