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Correlations between Fractions of Heavy Metals andEnzyme Activities in Surficical Sediments
LI Yu,, GUO Lin, LI Na, CHEN Jiejiang
J4. 2009, 47 (03):
628-634.
Distribution of heavy metals (Fe,Mn,Cu,Zn and Pb) surficial sediments with water phase in the simulated system in a period of 45 d w
as investigated via a modified sequential extraction procedure, and pH, Eh and enzymes (protease, dyhydrogenas, sucrase and phosphatase) were monitored simultaneously. The resultsindicate that exchangeable manganese was converted into carbonateassociated fractions (10.2%) and Fe/Mnoxides fraction (32.1%), respectively, 11.5% zinc was found to exist from exchangeable to Fe/Mnoxides fraction, and organic matterassociated Pb was observed to increase by 20.1%. pH was variable in the first 20 d while Eh was fluctuated during the whole experiment. The activities of protease and dyhydrogenase were raised by a factor of 88.9% and that of 71.4%, respectively. The correlation analysis shows that pH was signifi
cantly positively correlated with carbonateassociated Fe,Cu. Noticeable correlation was found between protease activity and Mn of carbonateassociated Fe/Mnoxide fraction, Zn of exchangeable Fe/Mnoxide fraction as well as Pb of organic mattersassociated fraction (n=8, p=0.05), and the similarcorrelative phenomenon was obtained between dyhydrogenase and Pb of carbonateassociated fraction, implying that the enzyme is one of the most important factors in transforma
tion and cycling of heavy metals in surficial sediments besides pH.
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