Rock-type control of Ni, Cr, and Co phytoavailability in ultramafic soils

Type Article
Date 2018-02
Language English
Author(s) Pedziwiatr Artur1, 2, Kierczak Jakub2, Waroszewski Jaroslaw1, Ratie Gildas3, Quantin Cecile4, Ponzevera EmmanuelORCID5
Affiliation(s) 1 : Wroclaw Univ Environm & Life Sci, Inst Soil Sci & Environm Protect, Grunwaldzka 53, PL-50357 Wroclaw, Poland.
2 : Univ Wroclaw, Inst Geol Sci, Pl Maksa Borna 9, PL-50204 Wroclaw, Poland.
3 : Synchrotron SOLEIL, St Aubin BP48, F-91192 Gif Sur Yvette, France.
4 : Univ Paris Saclay, Univ Paris Sud, CNRS, GEOPS,UMR 8148, Bat 504, F-91405 Orsay, France.
5 : IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Unite Geosci Marines, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
Source Plant And Soil (0032-079X) (Springer), 2018-02 , Vol. 423 , N. 1-2 , P. 339-362
DOI 10.1007/s11104-017-3523-3
WOS© Times Cited 31
Keyword(s) Peridotite, Serpentinite, Excluders, Ni isotopes, Ca/mg ratio
Abstract

Background and aims

Ultramafic soils constitute an extreme environment for plants because of specific physico-chemical properties and the presence of Ni, Cr, and Co. We hypothesized that type of ultramafic parent rock depending on their origin affects the composition of soils and plants. Therefore, phytoavailability of metals would be higher in soil derived from serpentinized peridotite compared to serpentinite because of differences in susceptibility of minerals to weathering.

Results

Based on DTPA-CaCl2 extractions, we noted that soil derived from the serpentinized peridotite is characterized by a higher phytoavailability of Ni compared to soil derived from the serpentinite. On the contrary, plant species growing on soil derived from the serpentinite contain higher concentrations of metals.

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Online Resource 1.Nickel, Cr, and Co concentrations in leachates from the DTPA-CaCl2 and EDTA extractions 1 119 KB Open access
Online Resource 2.Phytosociological affiliation of studied plants 2 281 KB Open access
Online Resource 3.Results of the U-Mann Whitney test and the Cochran-Cox test (α = 0.05). 11 KB Open access
Online Resource 4.Spearman rank correlation or Pearson linear correlation (α = 0.05) 14 KB Open access
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