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DOI	10.1007/s12665-021-09758-5
	Dust-related impacts of mining operations on rangeland vegetation and soil: a case study in Yazd province, Iran
	IbrahimPour, Shahab; KhavaninZadeh, Ali Reza; Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, Ruhollah; De Boeck, Hans J.; Gul, Alvina
通讯作者	KhavaninZadeh, AR (corresponding author), Ardakan Univ, Fac Agr & Nat Resources, Dept Nat Engn, POB 184, Ardakan, Iran. ; KhavaninZadeh, AR (corresponding author), Ardakan Univ, Med & Ind Plants Res Inst, Ardakan, Iran.
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
ISSN	1866-6280
EISSN	1866-6299
出版年	2021
卷号	80 期号:14
英文摘要	Destructive mining operations are affecting large areas of natural ecosystems, especially in arid lands. The present study aims at investigating the impact of iron mine exploitation on vegetation and soil in Nodoushan (Yazd province, central Iran). Based on the dominant wind, topography, slope, vegetation and soil of the area, soil and vegetation parameters close to the mine were recorded and analyzed according to the distance from the mine. To obtain the vegetation cover, a transect and plot on the windward and leeward side of the mine, with 100 m intervals and three replicates at each sampling location was used, yielding 96 soil samples. The amount of dust on the vegetation, the seed weight and seed germination rate of Artemisia sp. as the dominant species within the area, and the soil microbial respiration were measured. The relationship between vegetation cover and distance from the mine was not linear, which was due to an interplay between pollution from the mine and local grazing, while other factors did increase or decrease linearly. The results showed that, as the distance from the mine increased, the weight of 1000 seeds of Artemisia sp. was significantly increased from 271 to 494 mg and seed germination rate and soil microbial respiration were significantly increased from 11.7 to 48.4% and from 4.5 to 5.9 mg CO2 g(-1) soil day(-1), respectively, while the amount of dust significantly decreased from 43.5 to 6 mg (g plant)(-1) between the distance of 100 and 600 m from the mine in the leeward direction. A similar trend was observed in the windward side, though negative effects were lower compared to the same distance along the leeward sample locations. The direct and indirect effects on plant growth and health from mining impacts generally decreased linearly with increasing distance from the mine, up to at least 600 m. Our study serves as a showcase for the potential of bio-indicators as a cost-effective method for assessing impacts of mining activities on the surrounding environment.
英文关键词	Ecological indicators Seed quality Land degradation Range lands Mining operations Soil microbial respiration
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Submitted
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000691585500001
WOS关键词	COPPER
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363101
作者单位	[IbrahimPour, Shahab] Ardakan Univ, Ardakan, Iran; [KhavaninZadeh, Ali Reza; Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, Ruhollah] Ardakan Univ, Fac Agr & Nat Resources, Dept Nat Engn, POB 184, Ardakan, Iran; [KhavaninZadeh, Ali Reza] Ardakan Univ, Med & Ind Plants Res Inst, Ardakan, Iran; [Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, Ruhollah] Univ Tubingen, Dept Geosci Soil Sci & Geomorphol, Tubingen, Germany; [De Boeck, Hans J.] Univ Antwerp, Res Grp PLECO Plants & Ecosyst, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium; [Gul, Alvina] Natl Univ Sci & Technol, Islamabad, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	IbrahimPour, Shahab,KhavaninZadeh, Ali Reza,Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, Ruhollah,et al. Dust-related impacts of mining operations on rangeland vegetation and soil: a case study in Yazd province, Iran[J],2021,80(14).
APA	IbrahimPour, Shahab,KhavaninZadeh, Ali Reza,Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi, Ruhollah,De Boeck, Hans J.,&Gul, Alvina.(2021).Dust-related impacts of mining operations on rangeland vegetation and soil: a case study in Yazd province, Iran.ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES,80(14).
MLA	IbrahimPour, Shahab,et al."Dust-related impacts of mining operations on rangeland vegetation and soil: a case study in Yazd province, Iran".ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES 80.14(2021).