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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2005, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (7): 1355-1359.

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Impacts of petroleum-containing wastewater irrigation on microbial population and enzyme activities in paddy soil of Shenfu irrigation area

LI Hui1,2, CHEN Guanxiong1,3, YANG Tao1,4, ZHANG Chenggang 1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Processes, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
    2. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China;
    3. Shenyang University, Shenyang 110044, China;
    4. Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing 400716, China
  • Received:2004-11-15 Revised:2005-03-07 Online:2005-07-15 Published:2005-07-15

Abstract: The study showed that the upper reaches of main petroleum-containing wastewater irrigation channels had the highest accumulation and distribution of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) (5 213.37 mg穔g-1 dry soil),and the CFU of soil bacteria and fungi was increased with increasing soil TPH concentration,the correlation coefficient being 0.928 (P<0.001) and 0.772 (P<0.05),respectively.The activities of soil dehydrogenase,catalase and polyphenoloxidase had a significantly positive correlation with soil TPH concentration,their correlation coefficient being 0.974 (P<0.001),0.957 (P<0.001) and 0.886 (P<0.001),respectively,while soil urease activity showed a significantly negative correlation (P=0.002),which could be used as the most sensitive indicator of petroleum contamination.The substrate-induced respiration (SIR) of polluted soil was significantly correlated with soil TPH concentration (P<0.001),dehydrogenase activity (P<0.001),and heterotrophic bacterial CFU (P=0.006).

Key words: Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination, Wastewater irrigation, Paddy soil, Microbial population, Soil enzyme activity

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