Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 1960-1965Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60346-6
Keywords
fraction of dissolved organic matter; complexation stability; copper availability
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2007BAD89B16]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [39800093]
- Northwest A F University
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To clarify the effects of molecular weight of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the toxicity and bioavailability of copper (Cu) to plants, DOM extracted from chicken manure was ultra-filtered into four fractions according to their molecular weights by means of sequential-stage ultrafiltration technique Lettuce seeds were germinated by being exposed to the solutions containing Cu2+ with or without different fractions of DOM The concentration of copper in roots leaves sprouts and the length of roots were investigated The results showed that not all fractions of DOM could improve copper availability or toxicity The fraction of DOM with larger molecular weight more than 1 kDa had higher complexation stability with Cu2+ and caused lower concentration of free Cu2+ ion in the solution of copper plus the fraction, resulting in lower availability and toxicity of copper to lettuce but the fraction with molecular weight less than 1 kDa had the opposite function Therefore the molecular weight of 1 kDa may be the division point to determine DOM to increase or decrease copper availability and toxicity
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