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Journal articles

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
Valuable Secondary Habitats or Hazardous Ecological Traps? Environmental Risk Assessment of Minor and Trace Elements in Fly Ash Deposits across the Czech Republic

Participants in the publication
Chmelová E (Author)
Kolar V, (Author)
Jan J (Author)
Carreira BM, (Author)
Dep. Biologia Animal
 cE3c
 Landeira-Dabarca A, (Author)
Otáhalová S, (Author)
Poláková M (Author)
Vebrová L (Author)
Borovec J (Author)
Boukal DS (Author)
Tropek R (Author)

Summary
Deposits of coal combustion wastes, especially fly ash, are sources of environmental and\\\\\\\\nhealth risks in industrial regions. Recently, fly ash deposits have been reported as habitat surrogates\\\\\\\\nfor some threatened arthropods in Central Europe. However, the potential environmental risks\\\\\\\\nof fly ash have not yet been assessed in the region. We analysed concentrations of 19 minor and\\\\\\\\ntrace elements in 19 lignite combustion waste deposits in the Czech Republic. We assessed their\\\\\\\\nenvironmental risks by comparison with the national and EU legislation limits, and with several\\\\\\\\ncommonly used indices. Over 50% of the samples exceeded the Czech national limits for As, Cu,\\\\\\\\nV, or Zn, whilst only V exceeded the EU limits. For some studied elements, the high-risk indices\\\\\\\\nwere detected in several localities. Nevertheless, the measured water characteristics, the long-term\\\\\\\\npresence of fly ash, previous leaching by acid rains, and the low amount of organic matter altogether\\\\\\\\ncan infer low biological availability of these elements. We presume the revealed high concentrations\\\\\\\\nof some heavy metals at some studied sites can be harmful for some colonising species. Nevertheless,\\\\\\\\nmore ecotoxicological research on particular species is needed for final decision on their conservation\\\\\\\\npotential for terrestrial and freshwater biota.

Date of Submisson/Request
2021-08-12
Date of Acceptance
2021-09-09
Date of Publication
2021-09-17

Institution
FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Where published
Sustainability

Publication Identifiers

Volume
13

Number of pages
15
Starting page
10385

Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810385

Rankings
SCIMAGO Q1 (2020) - 0.61 - Environmental Science

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APA
Chmelová E, Kolar V, , Jan J, Carreira BM, , Landeira-Dabarca A,, Otáhalová S, , Poláková M, Vebrová L, Borovec J, Boukal DS, Tropek R, (2021). Valuable Secondary Habitats or Hazardous Ecological Traps? Environmental Risk Assessment of Minor and Trace Elements in Fly Ash Deposits across the Czech Republic. Sustainability, 13,

IEEE
Chmelová E, Kolar V, , Jan J, Carreira BM, , Landeira-Dabarca A,, Otáhalová S, , Poláková M, Vebrová L, Borovec J, Boukal DS, Tropek R, "Valuable Secondary Habitats or Hazardous Ecological Traps? Environmental Risk Assessment of Minor and Trace Elements in Fly Ash Deposits across the Czech Republic" in Sustainability, vol. 13, 2021. 10.3390/su131810385

BIBTEX
@article{52250, author = {Chmelová E and Kolar V, and Jan J and Carreira BM, and Landeira-Dabarca A, and Otáhalová S, and Poláková M and Vebrová L and Borovec J and Boukal DS and Tropek R}, title = {Valuable Secondary Habitats or Hazardous Ecological Traps? Environmental Risk Assessment of Minor and Trace Elements in Fly Ash Deposits across the Czech Republic}, journal = {Sustainability}, year = 2021, volume = 13 }