Abstract
Carrots, squash, and Sudan grass were irrigated with groundwater amended with manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and uranium stock solutions to simulate a range of concentrations found at ten inactive uranium ore milling sites to determine plant tissue levels after a 90 day growth period in sand in a greenhouse. Sudan grass was also dosed with a series of nitrate concentrations. Except for squash response to uranium, all plantsshowed an increased accumulation of each metal, someto unacceptable levels, with increased metal concentration dose. Squash did not accumulate uranium at any dose tested. Increased nitrate in the irrigation water did not have a major influence on Sudan grass accumulation of any metal.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Banuelos, G. S., Meek, D. W. and Hoffman, G. J.: 1990, Plant Soil 127, 201.
Baumgartner, D. J., Glenn, E. P., Moss, G., Thompson, T. L. and Artiola, J. F.: 1999, Arid Soil Research Rehabilitation (accepted for publication).
Choudhury, S. and Goswami, T. D.: 1990, Indian J. Phys. 5, 399.
De Vries, M. P. C. and Tiller, K. G.: 1978, Environ. Pollut. 16, 231.
Friberg, L., Nordberg, G. F. and Vouk, V. B.: 1986, Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals, VolumeI: General Aspects, second edition, Elsevier Science Publishers, New York.
Hossner, L. R., Woodard, H. J. and Bush, J.: 1992, J. Plant Nutr. 15, 2743.
Hurd-Karrer, A. M.: 1938, Am. J. Bot. bf 25, 666.
Ibrahim, S. A. and Whicker, F. W.: 1992, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 156, 253.
Kuehl, R. O.: 1994, Statistical Principles of Research Design and Analysis, Duxbury Press, Belmont, CA.
Mayland, H. F., James, L. H., Sonderegger, J. L. and Panter, K. E: 1989, 'Selenium in Seleniferous Environments', in Jacobs, L. W. (ed.), Selenium in Agriculture and the Environment, Special Publication 23, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI., pp. 15–50.
Menke, S. E. and Baumgartner, D. J.: 1996, Selective Bibliography on the Uptake of Heavy Metals by Plants, ERL Report 96-01, Environmental Research Laboratory, Tucson, AZ.
Mikkelesen, R. L. and Wan, H. F.: 1990, Plant Soil 121, 151.
National Academy of Sciences: 1980, Mineral Tolerance of Domestic Animals, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
Nishita, H. L., Wallace, A. and Romney, E. M.: 1978, Radionuclide Uptake in Plants, Report NUREG/CR 0336, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Springfield, VA.
Rosenfeld, I. and Beath, O. A.: 1964, Selenium: Geobotany, Biochemistry, Toxicity and Nutrition, Academic Press, New York.
Sample, B. E., Opresko, D. M. and Sutter II, G. W.: 1996, Toxicological Benchmarks for Wildlife: 1996 Revision, ES/ER/TM-86/R3, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
Sheppard, M. I., Vandergraaf, T. T., Thibault, D. H. and Jreid, J. A. K.: 1983, Health Phys. 44, 635.
Sheppard, M. I., Sheppard, S. C. and Thibault, D. H.: 1984, J. Environ. Qual. 13, 357.
Sheppard, S. C. and Evenden, W. G.: 1985, J. Environ. Qual. 14, 554.
Sheppard, S. C. and Evenden, W. G.: 1987, Review of Effect of Soil on Radionuclide Uptake by Plants, Research Report INFO-0230, Atomic Energy Control Board, Ottawa, Ontario.
Sheppard, S. C. and Evenden, W. G.: 1988, J. Environ. Radioact. 8, 255.
Sheppard, S. C., Evenden, W. G. and Pollock, R. J.: 1989, Can. J. Soil Sci. 69, 751.
Sutcliffe, D. Sc.: 1962, Mineral Salts Absorption in Plants, Pergamon Press, New York.
United States Department of Energy: 1994, Baseline Risk Assessment of Ground Water Contamination at the Uranium Mill Tailings Site Near Tuba City, Arizona, U.S. Department of Energy, UMTRA Project Office, Albuquerque, N.M.
Wan, H. F., Mikkelsen, R. L. and Page, A. L.: 1988, J. Environ. Qual. 17, 269.
Williams, C. and Thornton, I.: 1972, Plant Soil 36, 395.
World Health Organization: 1987, Selenium, Environmental Health Criteria 58, IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Wu, L. and Huang, Z. Z.: 1991, Eco. Environ. Safety 21, 47.
Wu, L. and Huang, Z. Z.: 1992, J. Exp. Bot. 43, 549.
Zafrir, H.: 1992, J. Arid Environ. 22, 363.
Zayed, A. M.: 1992, J. Plant Physiol. 140, 646.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Baumgartner, D.J., Glenn, E.P., Kuehl, R.O. et al. Plant Uptake Response to Metals and Nitrate in Simulated Uranium Mill Tailings Contaminated Groundwater. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 118, 115–129 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005110901911
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005110901911