Biological Roles of Trace Metals in Natural Waters

For decades there has been an intense interest in the toxic effects of trace metals on biological organisms in the environment. This period of time has seen increasing improvements in analytical techniques for the measurement and study of trace metals and their subsequent application to a broad spectrum of water systems around the globe. This work has included studies of the geographical distributions of trace metals in different water types in the ocean, the modes of transport and uptake of trace metals and the study of historical changes in trace metal accumulation. Early research highlighted strong similarities in the behaviours of many trace metals and those of well-understood chemical nutrients such as phosphate, nitrate and silicate, known to be essential for phytoplankton growth in the ocean. This suggests that phytoplankton regulate the trace metal composition of seawater for their own benefit. A major achievement in this regard has been the ability to measure, at the sub-nmol/L level, trace metal species that are complexed by naturally-occurring organic ligands of biological origin in ocean waters. It is now clear that the free ion activities of many essential and/or toxic trace metals are regulated by highly specific, strongly complexing ligands exuded by marine phytoplankton. This research encourages a new paradigm in which the growth rates and species composition of primary marine organisms are affected by trace metals at concentration levels orders of magnitude lower than is conventionally believed. As a consequence, the capacity of natural waters to assimilate trace metal-contaminants may be correspondingly much lower than is currently thought reasonable.     

大气气溶胶中痕量金属元素的研究进展

综述了近年来国内外学者对大气气溶胶中痕量金属元素的研究进展,介绍了痕量金属元素的地球化学行为,以及大气气溶胶中痕量金属的源解析方法、在环境中的循环与污染、生物有效性及对人体的健康效应。建议研发更可靠的分析方法或在线检测仪器,避免采样和样品前处理过程中痕量金属的污染和损失;建立监测网络,形成区域性的大气监测模式,更全面地分析污染来源;与监测超级站建设、空气污染流行病学设计和毒性机制研究相结合,建立更加完善的研究体系。     

Metals in tissues of diamondback terrapin from New Jersey

Relatively little is known about contaminants in reptiles, particularly turtles. The distribution of metals in eggs, liverand muscle of diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) was examined from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey as part of an aquatic study to understand movement of contaminants in the bay. Lead and cadmium were relatively low in all tissues. There were significant differences among tissues for all metals, except lead. Where there were significant differences, levels werehighest in the liver, except for chromium. Levels of mercurywere 6.6 times higher in the liver than muscle, and manganeselevels were 4 times as high. The levels of metals in muscle ofdiamondback terrapin are below those that might cause effects inconsumers, including humans who eat them in stews. However, thelevel of mercury in liver is sufficiently high to be problematicfor consumers and scavengers that eat liver.     

土壤重金属元素检测国际实验室比对研究

IERM和CNAS合作组织开展了亚太实验室合作组织(APLAC)能力验证计划"APLAC T066土壤重金属元素检测",其目的是评价参加实验室定量分析土壤重金属元素总量的能力。研究所用的能力验证样品为IERM研制的土壤标准样品。结果表明,参加实验室检测土壤砷、铜、汞、镍、铅和锌的结果满意率分别为85.7%、95.8%、77.1%、83.3%、93.5%和91.7%。样品消解过程加入氢氟酸时,铅和锌的检测结果与标准值更加接近,说明检测土壤重金属元素总量时氢氟酸的加入非常关键。文章还对比对实验室结果评价的统计方法进行了探讨。     

Heavy Metals Fractionation in Ganga River Sediments, India

The Ganga River is the largest river in India which, originates in the Himalayas and along with the Brahmaputra River, another Himalayan river, transports enormous amounts of sediments from the Indian sub-continent to the Bay of Bengal. Because of the important role of river sediments in the biogeochemical cycling of elements, the Ganga river sediments, collected from its origin to the down stretches, were studied in the present context, to assess the heavy metals associated with different chemical fractions of sediments. The fractionation of metals were studied in the sediments using SM&T protocol for the extraction of heavy metals and geo-accumulation index (GAI) (Muller, Schwermetalle in den sedimenten des rheins – Veranderungen seit. Umschau, 79, 778–783, 1979) and Metal Enrichment Factor (MEF) in different fractions were calculated. As with many river systems, residual fractions constitute more than 60% of total metals, except Zn, Cu and Cr. However, the reducible and organic and sulfide components also act as major sinks for metals in the down stretches of the river, which is supported by the high GAI and MEF values. The GAI values range between 4 and 5 and MEF exceed more than 20 for almost all the locations in the downstream locations indicating to the addition of metals through urban and industrial effluents, as compared to the low metals concentrations with less GAI and MEF in the pristine river sediments from the rivers in Himalayas.     

土壤中有效态重金属的化学试剂提取法研究进展

土壤重金属污染是国内外关注的热点问题，针对采用全量重金属评价土壤污染存在的问题，本文综述了近年来土壤有效态重金属的化学提取方法研究进展，比较分析了各种单一提取法和影响土壤重金属提取率的因素。在此基础上，评价了各类提取方法的特点及其在应用上的优势和局限，指出了筛选通用提取剂的原则和依据。结合实验初步提出以去离子水作为通用提取剂的可行性及尚需研究解决的问题。     

高光谱遥感在土壤重金属污染监测中的应用

综述了高光谱遥感直接监测土壤重金属污染及利用植被重金属胁迫光谱数据间接监测重金属污染区域的各种方法,分析了反演模型存在的问题,提出了引入人工智能技术、高维矩阵和数据挖掘算法,以及寻求更好的数据同化模型等提高反演精度的后续研究方向。     

原子吸收光度法测定树叶中的重金属

用浓硝酸与高氯酸消解树叶,Ｃｕ、Ｚｎ、Ｍｎ含量较高,可直接用火焰原子吸收法测定,含量较低的Ｐｄ、Ｃｄ,Ｃｒ则用石墨炉法测定。Ｐｂ及Ｃｄ含量甚微,受基体及共存元素干扰严重用标准加入法可消除干扰,结果令人满意。     

海洋沉积物中多种重金属的X射线荧光分析法

建立了海洋沉积物中包括砷、铜、铅、锌、镍和总铬在内的多种重金属X射线荧光分析法,测量不需要任何消解前处理过程,可在约1h内测量1个样品中的50余种元素,用该方法分析了8个海洋沉积物标准样品,还与原子荧光光谱法或原子吸收分光光度法比对分析了2个实际样品,结果表明,该方法可信度较高,且具有快速、简便、高效等特点,是一种非破坏性分析方法。     

苔藓植物大灰藓对大气中重金属元素的生态监测

采用苔藓植物大灰藓作为监测物种,考察Pb、Zn、Cu、Cd、Cr、Hg等6种重金属元素在大气中的分布情况,分析研究区域内各样点大灰藓和土壤中的6种重金属含量。结果表明,大灰藓中重金属含量依次为ZnPbCrCuCdHg,土壤中重金属含量依次为ZnPbCrCuHgCd。通过Kriging插值运算,得到6种重金属元素含量等值分布图,直观地体现了6种重金属元素的空间分布,说明大气重金属空间分布与区域产业类型及发展状况紧密相关。     

污染土壤重金属检测标准样品在能力验证工作中的应用研究

标准样品在能力验证工作中的使用越来越广泛,但是由于能力验证对样品验证结果评价方式的不同,环境基体标准样品在能力验证工作中的应用还需进一步研究。考察了一种新研制的重金属污染地区土壤标准样品在能力验证工作中的应用。结果表明,能力验证的指定值与标准样品的标准值一致,说明能力验证统计数据无显著偏离;标准样品的均匀性和稳定性引入的不确定度小于0. 3σ(σ为能力评定标准差),不会对参加实验室的能力评定产生影响;该次能力验证参加实验室的满意率约为80%,与测试背景土壤的满意率接近,说明实验室检测污染土壤中铅、镉、镍、铜、铬的水平和检测背景土壤的能力水平相当。     

ASD-ICP-AES联用快速测定土壤中部分重金属

采用样品全自动消解系统(Automated Sample Digestion)对土壤样品进行前处理,采用ICP-AES对土样中的重金属元素一次性测定.通过优化实验,获得土壤中各种重金属的最佳消解条件.结果表明,经优化的消解程序A1能够快速、稳定消解土壤样品,并获得理想测试结果.经检验,ASD-ICP-AES联用的土样测...     

XRF法检测土壤重金属的影响因素

对X射线荧光(XRF)法检测土壤重金属的影响因素进行探讨,研究证实土壤样品厚度、粒径和含水率均会对荧光强度产生影响,且影响程度与X射线的能量有关,对低能量X射线的影响显著大于对高能量X射线的影响。为保障分析的质量,在应用XRF法进行土壤重金属检测时,土壤样品应完全干燥,混合均匀,保持土壤粒径均匀一致,土壤样品厚度统一为10 mm。     

土壤重金属快速监测技术研究与应用进展

土壤重金属污染已经日益成为社会的主要环境污染问题之一,土壤重金属快速监测技术对于土壤重金属污染的快速有效筛查与监控具有重要意义。介绍了近年来国内外土壤重金属快速监测方法,并阐述了相关土壤重金属快速监测仪器的研究现状。在土壤重金属快速监测领域,X射线荧光光谱技术优势明显,激光诱导击穿光谱技术亦发展迅速,基于免疫学、酶抑制原理的快速监测技术正处于发展阶段。随着快速监测技术理论和方法的不断完善,土壤重金属快速监测仪器朝着高精度、小型化、智能化的方向发展,在区域性土壤重金属含量评估方面的应用将逐步拓展。     

Environmental Monitoring of Heavy Metals in Bulgarian Black Sea Green Algae

Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb and Cd concentration distribution in six green macroalgae species from the Bulgarian Black Sea coast were determined. The measurement of these metals was carried out during six seasons from 1996 to 2002 using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Samples were collected from eight different sites–Shabla, Kaliakra, Tuzlata, Ravda, Ahtopol and Sinemoretz. The obtained heavy metal (HM) data (mean values g/g) for all algae are: 650 ± 100 for Fe, 184 ± 15 for Mn, 5.6 ± 0.5 for Cu, 3.3 ± 0.3 for Pb and 1.1 ± 0.2 for Cd. The obtained HM contents indicate that different species demonstrate various degree of metal accumulation and the obtained higher values in the northern sector of the studied zone can be attributed to the discharge influence of the big rivers, entering the Black Sea–Danube, Dnyepr, Dnester and local pollutant emissions. All data show that there is no serious contamination in green macroalgae with heavy and toxic metals along the whole Bulgarian Black Sea coast.