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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 1315-1320Publisher
AMER SOC AGRONOMY
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.11.0477
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- NSERC
- University of Washington
- Simon Fraser University
- Advanced Photon Source
- United States Department of Energy [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
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Biochar is a renewable energy byproduct that shows promise for remediating contaminated mine sites. A common contaminant at mine sites is arsenic (As). In this study, the effects of biochar amendments to a mine-contaminated soil on As concentrations in mountain brome (Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud.) were investigated. In the biochar-amended soil, mountain brome had greater root biomass and decreased root and shoot As concentrations. X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy results showed that arsenate [As(V)] is the predominant species in both the nonamended and biochar-amended soils. Soil extraction tests that measure phosphate and arsenate availability to plants failed to accurately predict plant tissue As concentrations, suggesting the arsenate bioavailability behavior in the soils is distinct from phosphate. Results from this study indicate that biochar will be a beneficial amendment to As-contaminated mine sites for remediation.
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