TY - JOUR
T1 - Nitrogen fertilizers stimulate desorption and biodegradation of gasoline aromatics in the soil from high Arctic permafrost active layer
T2 - A laboratory study
AU - Sun, Yan
AU - Romantschuk, Martin
AU - Bang-Andreasen, Toke
AU - Rantalainen, Anna Lea
AU - Sinkkonen, Aki
N1 - Funding Information:
The conduct of the research was supported by the Academy of Finland ( 139847 ) and EU MSC Action (project MicroArctic, 675546 ). The preparation of the article was supported by Maa-ja vesitekniikan tuki ry . ( 37316 ), Finland. Carsten Suhr Jacobsen, Aarhus University is thanked for collecting the gasoline spilled soil at Zakenberg Research station.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Bioremediation of gasoline contaminated soil from high Arctic permafrost active layer near the Zackenberg research station in Northeast Greenland was studied in 28 days in the laboratory at 10 °C, a relevant local summer temperature. Fates of gasoline aromatics were followed in two groups: monoaromatics and naphthalene homologs. The treatments were control, natural attenuation, and biostimulation with fertilizers inorganic NPK, urea, and methylene urea, respectively. No natural attenuation was observed. Among the fertilizers, only urea significantly decreased the total concentration under the initial level (by 47%) in 28 days. NPK and urea but not methylene urea enhanced the desorption and extractability of soil gasoline aromatics and bioremediation from day 7–28; more bioremediation was enhanced by urea. In the same period, NPK and urea did not differ in the biostimulation of monoaromatics while the bioremediation of naphthalene homologs was enhanced remarkably more by urea. Soil pH effect of fertilizers was also studied and showed dependence on temperature. Conclusively, urea showed superiority to NPK and methylene urea in biostimulation of gasoline aromatics in this study.
AB - Bioremediation of gasoline contaminated soil from high Arctic permafrost active layer near the Zackenberg research station in Northeast Greenland was studied in 28 days in the laboratory at 10 °C, a relevant local summer temperature. Fates of gasoline aromatics were followed in two groups: monoaromatics and naphthalene homologs. The treatments were control, natural attenuation, and biostimulation with fertilizers inorganic NPK, urea, and methylene urea, respectively. No natural attenuation was observed. Among the fertilizers, only urea significantly decreased the total concentration under the initial level (by 47%) in 28 days. NPK and urea but not methylene urea enhanced the desorption and extractability of soil gasoline aromatics and bioremediation from day 7–28; more bioremediation was enhanced by urea. In the same period, NPK and urea did not differ in the biostimulation of monoaromatics while the bioremediation of naphthalene homologs was enhanced remarkably more by urea. Soil pH effect of fertilizers was also studied and showed dependence on temperature. Conclusively, urea showed superiority to NPK and methylene urea in biostimulation of gasoline aromatics in this study.
KW - Biostimulation
KW - Desorption
KW - Fertilization
KW - Gasoline aromatics
KW - High Arctic soil
KW - Soil pH
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082830352&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ibiod.2020.104957
DO - 10.1016/j.ibiod.2020.104957
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082830352
SN - 0964-8305
VL - 150
JO - International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
JF - International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
M1 - 104957
ER -