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Ecological assessment of some trace elements status in North Sinai
Other Title(s)
تقييم حيوي بيئي لحالة بعض العناصر الدقيقة في شمال سيناء
Joint Authors
Abd al-Muttalib, Usamah Muhammad
Ibrahim, Sharif Muhammad
Murid, Shirin Shihatah
Source
Alexandria Science Exchange Journal
Issue
Vol. 38, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.856-871, 16 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The accumulation of trace elements in cropland soils poses a growing threat to sustainable agriculture development, and their dynamics throughout ecosystem components are among the most complicated issues to study and the most expensive to remediate.
Hence, this paper proposes the forward mass balance modelling of any element as an approach to monitor and assess its status in cropland ecosystem, and to predict long-term results by computer simulations.
Status of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Mo and B in wheat and broad bean crops, irrigation water, fertilizers, and soil from North Sinai were investigated.
The concentrations of the studied elements were within the permissible limits in most cases and beyond those limits in some cases.
The seasonal input by irrigation and by fertilizers of each element was determined and the output by harvested crops and through leachate was estimated, all in units of g.ha-1 and g.kg-1.
Also, the baseline values of the studied elements in the study area were reported for future reference as well as the mathematical description of the proposed approach.
The quantitative profiling indicated that the current land use has increased soil content of Mn, Zn, Ni, Mo and B.
Irrigation water was identified as the cause of soil enrichment with B and Mo; manure was the main source of Ni and Zn; while both were the main sources of Mn.
The equilibrium between the input and the output was found to be the status of Fe and Cu.
Analysis of the results showed the need to an interactive multi-criteria risk assessment framework in which considers all ecosystem components and the local conditions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Muttalib, Usamah Muhammad& Ibrahim, Sharif Muhammad& Murid, Shirin Shihatah. 2017. Ecological assessment of some trace elements status in North Sinai. Alexandria Science Exchange Journal،Vol. 38, no. 4, pp.856-871.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-952605
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Muttalib, Usamah Muhammad…[et al.]. Ecological assessment of some trace elements status in North Sinai. Alexandria Science Exchange Journal Vol. 38, no. 4 (Oct. / Dec. 2017), pp.856-871.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-952605
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Muttalib, Usamah Muhammad& Ibrahim, Sharif Muhammad& Murid, Shirin Shihatah. Ecological assessment of some trace elements status in North Sinai. Alexandria Science Exchange Journal. 2017. Vol. 38, no. 4, pp.856-871.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-952605
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-952605