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pH-dependent copper release in acid soils treated with crushed mussel shell

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The aim of this study was to assess the influence of pH on copper mobilization in two copper-rich acid soils (from vineyard and mine) amended with crushed mussel shell. Crushed mussel shell amended soils (0–48 Mg ha−1) were subjected to the effect of several acid and alkali solutions in a batch experiment in order to study their copper release. Copper distribution was studied in decanted soils from batch experiments using a sequential extraction procedure, whereas the effect of crushed mussel shell on copper release kinetics was studied using a stirred flow reactor. When soils were treated with acid solutions, the copper mobilization from non-amended soils was significantly higher than from the amended samples. Major changes in copper fractionation were an increase of the acid soluble fraction in acid-treated vineyard soil samples with shell dose. For the mine soil, the oxidable fraction showed a relevant diminution in acid-treated samples at the highest crushed mussel shell dose. For both soils, copper desorption rates diminished up to 86 % at pH 3 when crushed mussel shell was added. At pH 5, copper release rate was very slow for both soils decreasing up to 98 % for the mine soil amended with the highest shell dose, whereas no differences were observed at pH 7 between amended and non-amended soils. Thus, crushed mussel shell addition could contribute to reduce potential hazard of copper-enriched soils under acidification events.

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This work was funded by the Xunta de Galicia (Government of Galicia, Spain) within the INCITE program (Ref. 09MDS013291PR). David Fernández-Calviño holds a postdoctoral contract into the Ángeles Alvariño program (Consellería de Innovación e Industria, Xunta de Galicia).

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  1. Departamento de Bioloxía Vexetal e Ciencia do Solo. Facultade de Ciencias, Área de Edafoloxía E Química Agrícola, Universidade de Vigo, Campus de Ourense, As Lagoas s/n, 32004, Ourense, Spain

    B. Garrido-Rodríguez, D. Fernández-Calviño, J. C. Nóvoa Muñoz & M. Arias-Estévez

  2. CITI (Centro de Investigación, Transferencia e Innovación). Universidade de Vigo, Tecnopole, As Lagoas s/n, 32004, San Cibrao das Viñas Ourense, Spain

    B. Garrido-Rodríguez, D. Fernández-Calviño & M. Arias-Estévez

  3. Departamento de Bioquímica del Suelo, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia (CSIC), Apartado 122. Avda. Vigo s/n, 15780, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    M. Díaz-Raviña

  4. Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Universidade Santiago de Compostela. Escola Politécnica Superior, Campus Universitario s/n, 27002, Lugo, Spain

    E. Álvarez-Rodríguez, M. J. Fernández-Sanjurjo & A. Núñez-Delgado

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Garrido-Rodríguez, B., Fernández-Calviño, D., Nóvoa Muñoz, J.C. et al. pH-dependent copper release in acid soils treated with crushed mussel shell. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 10, 983–994 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-013-0201-8

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