Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment: a greenhouse feasibility study

Contaminated sediments dredged from navigable waterways often are placed in confined disposal facilities to prevent further spread of the pollutants. Reducing contaminants to acceptable levels would allow for disposal of the sediments and further dredging activity. A greenhouse study was conducted t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of environmental quality 2007-01, Vol.36 (1), p.239-244
Main Authors: Smith, K E, Schwab, A P, Banks, M K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic plants
Bioremediation
Carex
Contaminants
Contaminated sediments
Dechlorination
Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods
Feasibility studies
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Greenhouses
Lubricating oils
Microbiology
Moisture content
PCB
Phytoremediation
Plants - metabolism
Pollution control
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism
Sediment pollution
Spartina pectinata
Species Specificity
Waterways
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by
cites cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-a421t-c81d5d2547546784ca9713271e41cbe339efc7424c5824603d0ea59afb6cb7063
container_end_page 244
container_issue 1
container_start_page 239
container_title Journal of environmental quality
container_volume 36
creator Smith, K E
Schwab, A P
Banks, M K
description Contaminated sediments dredged from navigable waterways often are placed in confined disposal facilities to prevent further spread of the pollutants. Reducing contaminants to acceptable levels would allow for disposal of the sediments and further dredging activity. A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate plant treatments and the addition of an organic amendment to decrease the concentration of PCB congeners found in Arochlor 1260. Sediment treated with the amendment and either low transpiring plants or no plants had the greatest removal of the PCB congeners. High-transpiring plants apparently prevented the highly reducing conditions required for reductive dechlorination of highly chlorinated PCBs. Most likely, the amendment provided labile carbon that initiated the reducing conditions needed for dechlorination. The sediment moisture content and moisture-related plant parameters were significant predictors of the PCB loss. Carex aquatalis and Spartina pectinata are predicted to be the most effective plant treatments for phytoremediation of PCBs.
doi_str_mv 10.2134/jeq2006.0089
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_36144997</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>36144997</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-a421t-c81d5d2547546784ca9713271e41cbe339efc7424c5824603d0ea59afb6cb7063</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFkU1v1DAQhi0EotvCjTOKOKAikdbjjzjmBiuglSrRAz1HjjMhXiXx1nYO-fd41UhIXHoZj-TH74z1EPIO6BUDLq4P-Mgora4orfULsgPJVclyeUl2lIrcCybPyHmMB0qBUVW9JmegGEjG2Y4M98OafMAJO2eS83Ph--Lox9UOow9uNgm7onXHAed1LC7v998-ldbPyUzbXcwPJ5zTl8IUfwLiPPglYtGjia51o0trEdPSrW_Iq96MEd9u5wV5-PH99_6mvPv183b_9a40gkEqbQ2d7JgUSopK1cIarYAzBSjAtsi5xt4qwYSVNRMV5R1FI7Xp28q2ilb8gnx8yj0G_7hgTM3kosVxNDPmzRpegRBaq2dBBlBrqdnzINWaAj8lfvgPPPglzPm3DeSBtVZKZOjzE2SDjzFg3xyDm0xYG6DNSWizCW1OQjP-fstc2uzoH7wZ5H8BYEWbbA</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>197389774</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment: a greenhouse feasibility study</title><source>Wiley</source><creator>Smith, K E ; Schwab, A P ; Banks, M K</creator><creatorcontrib>Smith, K E ; Schwab, A P ; Banks, M K</creatorcontrib><description>Contaminated sediments dredged from navigable waterways often are placed in confined disposal facilities to prevent further spread of the pollutants. Reducing contaminants to acceptable levels would allow for disposal of the sediments and further dredging activity. A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate plant treatments and the addition of an organic amendment to decrease the concentration of PCB congeners found in Arochlor 1260. Sediment treated with the amendment and either low transpiring plants or no plants had the greatest removal of the PCB congeners. High-transpiring plants apparently prevented the highly reducing conditions required for reductive dechlorination of highly chlorinated PCBs. Most likely, the amendment provided labile carbon that initiated the reducing conditions needed for dechlorination. The sediment moisture content and moisture-related plant parameters were significant predictors of the PCB loss. Carex aquatalis and Spartina pectinata are predicted to be the most effective plant treatments for phytoremediation of PCBs.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0047-2425</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1537-2537</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0089</identifier><identifier>PMID: 17215232</identifier><identifier>CODEN: JEVQAA</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>United States: American Society of Agronomy</publisher><subject>Aquatic plants ; Bioremediation ; Carex ; Contaminants ; Contaminated sediments ; Dechlorination ; Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods ; Feasibility studies ; Geologic Sediments - chemistry ; Greenhouses ; Lubricating oils ; Microbiology ; Moisture content ; PCB ; Phytoremediation ; Plants - metabolism ; Pollution control ; Polychlorinated biphenyls ; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism ; Sediment pollution ; Spartina pectinata ; Species Specificity ; Waterways</subject><ispartof>Journal of environmental quality, 2007-01, Vol.36 (1), p.239-244</ispartof><rights>Copyright American Society of Agronomy Jan/Feb 2007</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-a421t-c81d5d2547546784ca9713271e41cbe339efc7424c5824603d0ea59afb6cb7063</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,27903,27904</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17215232$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Smith, K E</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Schwab, A P</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Banks, M K</creatorcontrib><title>Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment: a greenhouse feasibility study</title><title>Journal of environmental quality</title><addtitle>J Environ Qual</addtitle><description>Contaminated sediments dredged from navigable waterways often are placed in confined disposal facilities to prevent further spread of the pollutants. Reducing contaminants to acceptable levels would allow for disposal of the sediments and further dredging activity. A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate plant treatments and the addition of an organic amendment to decrease the concentration of PCB congeners found in Arochlor 1260. Sediment treated with the amendment and either low transpiring plants or no plants had the greatest removal of the PCB congeners. High-transpiring plants apparently prevented the highly reducing conditions required for reductive dechlorination of highly chlorinated PCBs. Most likely, the amendment provided labile carbon that initiated the reducing conditions needed for dechlorination. The sediment moisture content and moisture-related plant parameters were significant predictors of the PCB loss. Carex aquatalis and Spartina pectinata are predicted to be the most effective plant treatments for phytoremediation of PCBs.</description><subject>Aquatic plants</subject><subject>Bioremediation</subject><subject>Carex</subject><subject>Contaminants</subject><subject>Contaminated sediments</subject><subject>Dechlorination</subject><subject>Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods</subject><subject>Feasibility studies</subject><subject>Geologic Sediments - chemistry</subject><subject>Greenhouses</subject><subject>Lubricating oils</subject><subject>Microbiology</subject><subject>Moisture content</subject><subject>PCB</subject><subject>Phytoremediation</subject><subject>Plants - metabolism</subject><subject>Pollution control</subject><subject>Polychlorinated biphenyls</subject><subject>Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism</subject><subject>Sediment pollution</subject><subject>Spartina pectinata</subject><subject>Species Specificity</subject><subject>Waterways</subject><issn>0047-2425</issn><issn>1537-2537</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2007</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNqFkU1v1DAQhi0EotvCjTOKOKAikdbjjzjmBiuglSrRAz1HjjMhXiXx1nYO-fd41UhIXHoZj-TH74z1EPIO6BUDLq4P-Mgora4orfULsgPJVclyeUl2lIrcCybPyHmMB0qBUVW9JmegGEjG2Y4M98OafMAJO2eS83Ph--Lox9UOow9uNgm7onXHAed1LC7v998-ldbPyUzbXcwPJ5zTl8IUfwLiPPglYtGjia51o0trEdPSrW_Iq96MEd9u5wV5-PH99_6mvPv183b_9a40gkEqbQ2d7JgUSopK1cIarYAzBSjAtsi5xt4qwYSVNRMV5R1FI7Xp28q2ilb8gnx8yj0G_7hgTM3kosVxNDPmzRpegRBaq2dBBlBrqdnzINWaAj8lfvgPPPglzPm3DeSBtVZKZOjzE2SDjzFg3xyDm0xYG6DNSWizCW1OQjP-fstc2uzoH7wZ5H8BYEWbbA</recordid><startdate>20070101</startdate><enddate>20070101</enddate><creator>Smith, K E</creator><creator>Schwab, A P</creator><creator>Banks, M K</creator><general>American Society of Agronomy</general><scope>CGR</scope><scope>CUY</scope><scope>CVF</scope><scope>ECM</scope><scope>EIF</scope><scope>NPM</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7ST</scope><scope>7T7</scope><scope>7TG</scope><scope>7X2</scope><scope>7X7</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>88E</scope><scope>88I</scope><scope>8AF</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8C1</scope><scope>8FD</scope><scope>8FE</scope><scope>8FG</scope><scope>8FH</scope><scope>8FI</scope><scope>8FJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>ABJCF</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AEUYN</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ATCPS</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BGLVJ</scope><scope>BHPHI</scope><scope>C1K</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FR3</scope><scope>FYUFA</scope><scope>GHDGH</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>HCIFZ</scope><scope>K9.</scope><scope>KL.</scope><scope>L6V</scope><scope>M0K</scope><scope>M0S</scope><scope>M1P</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>M2P</scope><scope>M7S</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>P64</scope><scope>PATMY</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PTHSS</scope><scope>PYCSY</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>S0X</scope><scope>SOI</scope><scope>7QH</scope><scope>7QO</scope><scope>7TV</scope><scope>7U6</scope><scope>7UA</scope><scope>KR7</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20070101</creationdate><title>Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment: a greenhouse feasibility study</title><author>Smith, K E ; Schwab, A P ; Banks, M K</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-a421t-c81d5d2547546784ca9713271e41cbe339efc7424c5824603d0ea59afb6cb7063</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2007</creationdate><topic>Aquatic plants</topic><topic>Bioremediation</topic><topic>Carex</topic><topic>Contaminants</topic><topic>Contaminated sediments</topic><topic>Dechlorination</topic><topic>Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods</topic><topic>Feasibility studies</topic><topic>Geologic Sediments - chemistry</topic><topic>Greenhouses</topic><topic>Lubricating oils</topic><topic>Microbiology</topic><topic>Moisture content</topic><topic>PCB</topic><topic>Phytoremediation</topic><topic>Plants - metabolism</topic><topic>Pollution control</topic><topic>Polychlorinated biphenyls</topic><topic>Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism</topic><topic>Sediment pollution</topic><topic>Spartina pectinata</topic><topic>Species Specificity</topic><topic>Waterways</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Smith, K E</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Schwab, A P</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Banks, M K</creatorcontrib><collection>Medline</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE (Ovid)</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>MEDLINE</collection><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>Environment Abstracts</collection><collection>Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)</collection><collection>Meteorological &amp; Geoastrophysical Abstracts</collection><collection>Agricultural Science Collection</collection><collection>Health &amp; Medical Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Medical Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Science Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>STEM Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Public Health Database</collection><collection>Technology Research Database</collection><collection>ProQuest SciTech Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Technology Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Natural Science Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Materials Science &amp; Engineering Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Sustainability</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Agricultural &amp; Environmental Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>eLibrary</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Technology Collection</collection><collection>Natural Science Collection</collection><collection>Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>Engineering Research Database</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>SciTech Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Health &amp; Medical Complete (Alumni)</collection><collection>Meteorological &amp; Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest Engineering Collection</collection><collection>Agriculture Science Database</collection><collection>Health &amp; Medical Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Medical Database</collection><collection>Research Library</collection><collection>Science Database</collection><collection>Engineering Database</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>Biotechnology and BioEngineering Abstracts</collection><collection>Environmental Science Database</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>Engineering Collection</collection><collection>Environmental Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>SIRS Editorial</collection><collection>Environment Abstracts</collection><collection>Aqualine</collection><collection>Biotechnology Research Abstracts</collection><collection>Pollution Abstracts</collection><collection>Sustainability Science Abstracts</collection><collection>Water Resources Abstracts</collection><collection>Civil Engineering Abstracts</collection><jtitle>Journal of environmental quality</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Smith, K E</au><au>Schwab, A P</au><au>Banks, M K</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment: a greenhouse feasibility study</atitle><jtitle>Journal of environmental quality</jtitle><addtitle>J Environ Qual</addtitle><date>2007-01-01</date><risdate>2007</risdate><volume>36</volume><issue>1</issue><spage>239</spage><epage>244</epage><pages>239-244</pages><issn>0047-2425</issn><eissn>1537-2537</eissn><coden>JEVQAA</coden><abstract>Contaminated sediments dredged from navigable waterways often are placed in confined disposal facilities to prevent further spread of the pollutants. Reducing contaminants to acceptable levels would allow for disposal of the sediments and further dredging activity. A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate plant treatments and the addition of an organic amendment to decrease the concentration of PCB congeners found in Arochlor 1260. Sediment treated with the amendment and either low transpiring plants or no plants had the greatest removal of the PCB congeners. High-transpiring plants apparently prevented the highly reducing conditions required for reductive dechlorination of highly chlorinated PCBs. Most likely, the amendment provided labile carbon that initiated the reducing conditions needed for dechlorination. The sediment moisture content and moisture-related plant parameters were significant predictors of the PCB loss. Carex aquatalis and Spartina pectinata are predicted to be the most effective plant treatments for phytoremediation of PCBs.</abstract><cop>United States</cop><pub>American Society of Agronomy</pub><pmid>17215232</pmid><doi>10.2134/jeq2006.0089</doi><tpages>6</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0047-2425
ispartof Journal of environmental quality, 2007-01, Vol.36 (1), p.239-244
issn 0047-2425
1537-2537
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_36144997
source Wiley
subjects Aquatic plants
Bioremediation
Carex
Contaminants
Contaminated sediments
Dechlorination
Environmental Restoration and Remediation - methods
Feasibility studies
Geologic Sediments - chemistry
Greenhouses
Lubricating oils
Microbiology
Moisture content
PCB
Phytoremediation
Plants - metabolism
Pollution control
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Polychlorinated Biphenyls - metabolism
Sediment pollution
Spartina pectinata
Species Specificity
Waterways
title Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated sediment: a greenhouse feasibility study
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-27T22%3A29%3A22IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Phytoremediation%20of%20polychlorinated%20biphenyl%20(PCB)-contaminated%20sediment:%20a%20greenhouse%20feasibility%20study&rft.jtitle=Journal%20of%20environmental%20quality&rft.au=Smith,%20K%20E&rft.date=2007-01-01&rft.volume=36&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=239&rft.epage=244&rft.pages=239-244&rft.issn=0047-2425&rft.eissn=1537-2537&rft.coden=JEVQAA&rft_id=info:doi/10.2134/jeq2006.0089&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E36144997%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-a421t-c81d5d2547546784ca9713271e41cbe339efc7424c5824603d0ea59afb6cb7063%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=197389774&rft_id=info:pmid/17215232&rfr_iscdi=true