5 results match your criteria: "Institute of Ecology and Environment Paris[Affiliation]"
Microbial functional diversity and carbon use feedback in soils as affected by heavy metals.
Environ Int
April 2019
School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China. Electronic address:
Soil microorganisms are an important indicator of soil fertility and health. However, our state of knowledge about soil microbial activities, community compositions and carbon use patterns under metal contaminations is still poor. This study aimed to evaluate the influences of heavy metals (Cd and Pb) on soil microorganisms by investigating the microbial community composition and carbon use preferences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochar modulates heavy metal toxicity and improves microbial carbon use efficiency in soil.
Sci Total Environ
April 2018
Global Center for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation for the Environment, University of Newcastle, Callahan, NSW 2308, Australia; International Centre for Balanced Land Use, University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia. Electronic address:
Soil organic carbon is essential to improve soil fertility and ecosystem functioning. Soil microorganisms contribute significantly to the carbon transformation and immobilisation processes. However, microorganisms are sensitive to environmental stresses such as heavy metals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSize fractionation as a tool for separating charcoal of different fuel source and recalcitrance in the wildfire ash layer.
Sci Total Environ
October 2017
Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente (DISPAA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Firenze, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- Charcoal's varied properties complicate studies on its role in reconstructing wildfire histories, leading researchers to explore the significance of particle size in categorizing combustion products.
- The study analyzed ash/charcoal from different severity wildfires in Australia and Italy, fractionating samples into four sizes and assessing their chemical characteristics, composition, and structure.
- Findings indicated that finer charcoal particles contained less carbon and higher mineral ash, while coarser fractions retained more amorphous carbon, suggesting that particle size affects the properties of charcoal based on fuel type and burning conditions.
Retention Mechanisms of Citric Acid in Ternary Kaolinite-Fe(III)-Citrate Acid Systems Using Fe K-edge EXAFS and L3,2-edge XANES Spectroscopy.
Sci Rep
May 2016
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, 19716.
Organic carbon (OC) stability in tropical soils is strongly interlinked with multivalent cation interaction and mineral association. Low molecular weight organic acids (LMWOAs) represent the readily biodegradable OC. Therefore, investigating retention mechanisms of LMWOAs in mineral-cation-LMWOAs systems is critical to understanding soil C cycling.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCo-composting solid biowastes with alkaline materials to enhance carbon stabilization and revegetation potential.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
April 2016
CNRS, Institute of Ecology and Environment Paris, CNRS-INRA-AgroParisTech, UPMC-UPEC-IRD, Thiverval-Grignon, Paris, 78850, France.
Co-composting biowastes such as manures and biosolids can be used to stabilize carbon (C) without impacting the quality of these biowastes. This study investigated the effect of co-composting biowastes with alkaline materials on C stabilization and monitored the fertilization and revegetation values of these co-composts. The stabilization of C in biowastes (poultry manure and biosolids) was examined by their composting in the presence of various alkaline amendments (lime, fluidized bed boiler ash, flue gas desulphurization gypsum, and red mud) for 6 months in a controlled environment.
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