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Variability of total and available copper concentrations in relation to land use and soil properties in Yangtze River Delta of China

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The effects of land use and soil properties on total and available Cu concentrations in soils were investigated in this study. A total of 276 surface (0–20 cm) soil samples were collected from seven land uses: industrial area, woodland, vegetable field, dry land, paddy field, tea garden and orchard. The total and available (DTPA extractable) Cu concentrations, pH, organic matter, and total nitrogen contents, and cation exchange capacity were measured for each sample. The correlation and ANOVA analyses showed that land use significantly affected total and available Cu concentrations, and the available ratio of soil Cu (available Cu concentration/total Cu concentration). On total Cu concentration, total nitrogen had significant influence in dry land and paddy field, and CEC in garden land; on available Cu concentration, the four measured soil properties showed significant influence only in paddy field; on the available ratio of Cu, pH had significant effect in paddy field and woodland, and CEC in industrial area. Moreover, the relationship between available Cu concentration and soil properties was constructed in different land uses. Spatial analysis of grain Cu using indicator Kriging showed that most of the study areas were in low risk for arable activities, and 7.94% of the study area and 5.10% of the arable land were in high risk probability.

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  1. Institution of Remote Sensing and Information System Application, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China

    Xiuying Zhang, Fenfang Lin & Ke Wang

  2. Agriculture Bureau of Fuyang, Fuyang, 311409, China

    Yugen Jiang

  3. Faculty of Architectural Civil Engineering and Environment, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China

    X. L. Feng

  4. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecological Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China

    X. L. Feng

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Zhang, X., Lin, F., Jiang, Y. et al. Variability of total and available copper concentrations in relation to land use and soil properties in Yangtze River Delta of China. Environ Monit Assess 155, 205–213 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0429-9

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