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Assessment of Heavy metal(loid)s Pollution in Urban Soil at Street Tree Planting Sites in Chuncheon
Byung-Jun Park1
,
Chan-Gyu Lee1
,
Seok Soon Jeong2
,
Jung Eun Lim3
,
Kwon-Rae Kim4
,
Sung Chul Kim5
,
Jae E. Yang6
,
Hyuck Soo Kim7†
1Master's Degree, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
2PhD Student, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
3Researcher, Monitorong and Analysis Division, Wonju Regional Environmental office, Wonju 26461, Korea
4Professor, Department of Agronomy and Medicinal Plant Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju 52725, Korea
5Professor, Department of Biological Environment and Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
6Professor, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
7Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
*kimhs25@kangwon.ac.kr
28 February 2021. pp. 78-86
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Abstract

Urban soil provides various ecosystem services such as biomass production, climate regulation, carbon storage, nutrient, and water cycling for human society but urban soil is threatened by pollution, compaction, sealing, and decline in organic matter. Especially urban soil near the road can be contaminated by traffic-related emissions. Thus, this study assessed the contamination level of heavy metal(loid)s in urban soil at the street tree planting sites. For this, soil samples were collected from 26 urban tree-planting sites, 23 agricultural areas, and 26 forest areas in Chuncheon city and analyzed using the standard procedures for physicochemical properties and total heavy metal(loid)s concentrations. The urban soils had low clay contents and CEC and high sand contents, indicating low retention of heavy metal(loid)s. However, urban soil Cu and Zn concentrations were higher than agricultural and forest soils and their concentrations had a strong positive linear correlation. This indicates that Cu and Zn could have a common source such as vehicles. Consequently, some traffic-related heavy metals, in particular Cu and Zn, were being accumulated in the urban soil at street tree planting sites, which may warrant some caution regarding the environment issues in the future.

Relationship between the concentrations of Cu and Zn & Cr and Ni in urban soil at street tree planting sites.
Keywords
Contamination
Copper
Street tree
Urban soil
Zinc
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국토양비료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국토양비료학회 학회지
  • Volume : 54
  • No :1
  • Pages :78-86
  • Received Date : 2021-01-20
  • Revised Date : 2021-02-02
  • Accepted Date : 2021-02-02
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7745/KJSSF.2021.54.1.078
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