Land application of aerobic sewage sludge does not impair methane oxidation rates of soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 441, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-18

  Contin, Marco ^a   Goi, Daniele ^a   De Nobili, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Methane oxidation; Microbial biomass; Sewage sludge; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

ARABLE SOILS; GRASSLAND SOILS; K-VALUE; LAND APPLICATIONS; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANE OXIDATION RATES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; OXIDATION ACTIVITIES; OXIDATION RATES; TREATED SOILS; UNTREATED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; HEAVY METALS; METHANE; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

SOILS;

CARBON; LEAD; METHANE; ZINC;

BIOMASS; GRASSLAND SOIL; HEAVY METAL; METHANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASSLAND; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LEAD; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 84868247009     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.052     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Alvarez-Bernal D., Contreras-Ramos S.M., Trujillo-Tapia N., Olalde-Portugal V., Fri'as-Hernandez J.T., Dendooven L. Effect of tanneries wastewater on chemical and biological soil characteristics. Appl Soil Ecol 2006, 33:269-277.
2. Antolín M.C., Pascual I., García C., Polo A., Sànchez-Díaz M. Growth, yield and solute content of barley in soils treated with sewage sludge under semiarid Mediterranean conditions. Field Crop Res 2005, 94:224-237.
3. Bååth E., Diaz-Ravina M., Frostegard A., Campbell C.D. Effect of metal-rich sludge amendments on the soil microbial community. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998, 64:238-245.
4. Banerjee M.R., Burton D.L., Depoe S. Impact of sewage sludge application on soil biological characteristics. Agric Ecosyst Environ 1997, 66:241-249.
5. Bowman J.P., Sly L.I., Hayward A.C. Patterns of tolerance to heavy metals among methane-utilizing bacteria. Lett Appl Microbiol 1990, 10:85-87.
6. Bull I.D., Parekh N.R., Hall G.H., Ineson P., Evershed R.P. Detection and classification of atmospheric methane oxidizing bacteria in soil. Nature 2000, 405:175-178.
7. Chander K., Brookes P.C. Effects of heavy metals from past applications of sewage sludge on microbial biomass and organic matter accumulation in a sandy loam and silty loam UK soil. Soil Biol Biochem 1991, 23:927-932.
8. Ciceri E., Giussani B., Pozzi A., Dossi C., Recchia S. Problems in the application of the three-step BCR sequential extraction to low amounts of sediments: an alternative validated route. Talanta 2008, 76:621-626.
9. Contin M., Rizzardini C.B., Catalano L., De Nobili M. Contamination by mercury affects methane oxidation capacity of aerobic arable soils. Geoderma 2012, 189-190:250-256.
10. Dar G.H. Effects of cadmium and sewage sludge on soil microbial biomass and enzymes activities. Bioresour Technol 1996, 56:141-145.
11. Dawson C.J., Hilton J. Fertilizer availability in a resource-limited world: production and recycling of nitrogen and phosphorous. Food Policy 2011, 36:514-522.
12. Decreto Legislativo 27 gennaio 1992, n. 99 Attuazione della Direttiva 86/278/CEE concernente la protezione dell'ambiente, in particolare del suolo, nell'utilizzazione dei fanghi di depurazione. (Published on the ordinary supplement of GU n. 38; February 15, 1992).
13. Denman K.L., Brasseur G., Chidthaisong A., Ciais P., Cox P.M., Dickinson R.E., et al. Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry. Climate change 2007: the physical science basis 2007, 500-587. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor, H.L. Miller (Eds.).
14. Devaney D., Godley A.R., Hodson M.E., Purdy K., Yamulki S. Impact of sewage sludge applications on the biogeochemistry of soils. Water Sci Technol 2008, 57:513-518.
15. Gulledge J., Doyle A.P., Schimel J.P. Different NH4+-inhibition patterns of soil CH4 consumption: a result of distinct CH4-oxidizer populations across sites?. Soil Biol Biochem 1997, 29:13-21.
16. Hargreaves P.R., Brookes P.C., Ross G.J.S., Poulton P.R. Evaluating soil microbial biomass carbon as an indicator of long-term environmental changes. Soil Biol Biochem 2003, 35:401-407.
17. Horz H.P., Raghubanshi A.S., Heyer J., Kammann C., Conrad R., Dunfield P.F. Activity and community structure of methane-oxidising bacteria in a wet meadow soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2002, 41:247-257.
18. Hutsch B.W. Methane oxidation in soils of two long-term fertilization experiments in Germany. Soil Biol Biochem 1996, 28:773-782.
19. Hutsch B.W., Webster C.P., Powlson D.S. Long-term effects of nitrogen fertilization on methane oxidation in soil of the Broadbalk wheat experiment. Soil Biol Biochem 1993, 25:1307-1315.
20. Hutsch B.W., Webster C.P., Powlson D.S. Methane oxidation in soil as affected by land use, soil pH and fertilization. Soil Biol Biochem 1994, 26:1613-1622.
21. Kammann C., Hepp S., Lenhart K., Müller C. Stimulation of methane consumption by endogenous CH4 production in aerobic grassland soil. Soil Biol Biochem 2009, 41:622-629.
22. Koch A.L. Oligotrophs versus copiotrophs. Bioessays 2001, 23:657-661.
23. Li Z., Kelliher F.M. Methane oxidation in freely and poorly drained grassland soils and effects of cattle urine application. J Environ Qual 2007, 36:1241-1248.
24. Lowe D.C. A green source of surprise. Nature 2006, 439:146-149.
25. McBride M.B., Martinez C.E., Topp E., Evans L. Trace metal solubility and speciation in a calcareous soil 18years after no-till sludge application. Soil Sci 2000, 165:646-656.
26. Miller J.C., Miller J.N. Statistics for analytical chemistry 1983, Ellis Horwood, London. 3rd ed.
27. Moffett B.F., Nicholson F.A., Uwakwe N.C., Chambers B.J., Harris J.A., Hill T.C.J. Zinc contamination decreases the bacterial diversity of agricultural soil. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2003, 43:13-19.
28. Mohanty S.R., Bharati K., Deepa N., Rao V.R., Adhya T.K. Influence of heavy metals on methane oxidation in tropical rice soils. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2000, 47:277-284.
29. Nesbit S.P., Breitenbeck G.A. A laboratory study of factors influencing methane uptake by soils. Agric Ecosyst Environ 1992, 41:39-54.
30. Powlson D.S., Brookes P.C., Christensen B.T. Measurement of soil microbial biomass provides an early indication of changes in total soil organic matter due to straw incorporation. Soil Biol Biochem 1987, 19:159-164.
31. Ramirez-Fuentes E., Lucho-Constantino C., Escamilla-Silva E., Dendooven L. Characteristics and carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soil irrigated with wastewater for different lengths of time. Bioresour Technol 2002, 85:179-187.
32. Rauret G., Lopez-Sanchez J.F., Sahuquillo A., Rubio R., Davidson C., Ure A., et al. Improvement of the BCR three step sequential extraction procedure prior to certification of the new sediment and soil reference materials. J Environ Monit 1999, 1:57-61.
33. Reay D.S., Radajewski S., Murrell J.C., McNamara N., Nedwell D.B. Effects of land-use change on the activity and diversity of methane oxidizing bacteria in forest soils. Soil Biol Biochem 2001, 33:1613-1623.
34. Rizzardini C.B., Contin M., De Nobili M., Goi D. Sewage sludge quality from small wastewater treatment plants. Proc Inst Civ Eng - Waste Res Manag 2012, 165:67-78.
35. Ross G.J.S. Parallel model analysis: fitting non-linear models to several sets of data. Compstat 1984, Proceedings in Computational Statistics, 6th Symposium, Prague 1984, 458-463. T. Havranek, Z. Sidak, M. Novak (Eds.).
36. Rusk J.A., Hamon R.E., Stevens D.P., McLaughlin M.J. Adaptation of soil biological nitrification to heavy metals. Environ Sci Technol 2004, 38:3092-3097.
37. Scancar J., Milacic R., Strazar M., Burica O. Total metal concentrations and partitioning of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, and Zn in sewage sludge. Sci Total Environ 2000, 250:9-19.
38. Sheppard S.K., McCarthy A.J., Loughnane J.P., Gray N.C., Head I.M., Lloyd D. The impact of sludge amendment on methanogen community structure in an upland soil. Appl Soil Ecol 2005, 28:147-162.
39. Singh R.P., Agrawal M. Potential benefits and risks of land application of sewage sludge. Waste Manag 2008, 28:347-358.
40. Smith K.A., Dobbie K.E., Ball B.C., Bakken L.R., Sitaula B.K., Hansen S., et al. Oxidation of atmospheric methane in Northern European soils, comparison with other ecosystems, and uncertainties in the global terrestrial sink. Glob Chang Biol 2000, 6:791-803.
41. Tate K.R., Ross D.J., Saggar S., Hedley C.B., Dando J., Singh B.K., et al. Methane uptake in soils from Pinus radiata plantations, a reverting shrubland and adjacent pastures: effects of land-use change, and soil texture, water and mineral nitrogen. Soil Biol Biochem 2007, 39:1437-1449.
42. Vance E.D., Brookes P.C., Jenkinson D.S. An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C. Soil Biol Biochem 1987, 19:703-707.
43. Walter I., Cuevas G. Chemical fractionation of heavy metals in a soil amended with repeated sewage sludge applications. Sci Total Environ 1999, 226:113-119.
44. Witter E., Gong P., Baath E., Marstorp H. A study of the structure and metal tolerance of the soil microbial community six years after cessation of sewage sludge applications. Environ Toxicol Chem 2000, 19:1983-1991.
45. Working document on sludge, 3rd draft Environment DG 2000.
46. Zhang Y.L., Dai J.L., Wang R.Q., Zhang J. Effects of long-term sewage irrigation on agricultural soil microbial structural and functional characterizations in Shandong, China. Eur J Soil Biol 2008, 44:84-91.