SKALA, Jan, Radim VACHA, Jakub HOFMAN, Viera HORVATHOVA, Milan SÁŇKA and Jarmila CECHMANKOVA. Spatial Differentiation of Ecosystem Risks of Soil Pollution in Floodplain Areas of the Czech Republic. SOIL AND WATER RESEARCH. PRAGUE: CZECH ACADEMY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, 2017, vol. 12, No 1, p. 1-9. ISSN 1801-5395. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17221/53/2016-SWR.
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Original name Spatial Differentiation of Ecosystem Risks of Soil Pollution in Floodplain Areas of the Czech Republic
Authors SKALA, Jan (203 Czech Republic), Radim VACHA (203 Czech Republic), Jakub HOFMAN (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Viera HORVATHOVA (203 Czech Republic), Milan SÁŇKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jarmila CECHMANKOVA (203 Czech Republic).
Edition SOIL AND WATER RESEARCH, PRAGUE, CZECH ACADEMY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, 2017, 1801-5395.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10503 Water resources
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 0.882
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100242
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/53/2016-SWR
UT WoS 000392421900001
Keywords in English floods; persistent organic pollutants; soil contamination; spatial patterns; trace elements
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Michaela Hylsová, Ph.D., učo 211937. Changed: 7/3/2018 21:19.
Abstract
Extensive soil sampling and screening assessment of ecosystem risks combined with a multidimensional statistical analysis were used to estimate and spatially characterize the ecosystem risks stemming from the contamination of floodplain soils in the Czech Republic. We proved structural differences in regional pollution patterns where different regional/local pollution sources led to various nature and extent of the environmental load of floodplain soils. The established spatial patterns helped reveal the areas where soils do not meet soil quality standards and where the ecosystem risks were elevated. Furthermore, the results allowed to establish priority contaminants of flood affected areas in various catchments in the Czech Republic. Combining both the magnitudes of estimated ecosystem risks and structural characteristics of pollution profiles, the highest estimated risks showed the localities with high contents of organochlorine pesticides, several samples connected to geochemical anomalies of metallogenic zones (deposits), and localities with a long history of industrial load. Since extreme weather events have recently become more frequent, our results highlight the importance of a continual monitoring of pollutant turnover in floodplain soils with a high flood frequency.
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