caa a22 4500 467902712 CHVBK 20180406152823.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-006-1495-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-006-1495-5 Metal Contamination in Urban Soils of Coastal Tuscany (Italy) [Elektronische Daten] [Francesca Bretzel, Marco Calderisi] Urban soils are often contaminated by metals deriving from human activities. Urban polluted soils can affect human health through direct physical contact or through the food chain. The behaviour of metals is affected by chemical and physical soil properties. Heavy metal concentration was determined in some soils of three medium sized towns of coastal Tuscany, Central Italy. Soil samples were collected in roadsides, urban agricultural soils (allotments), playgrounds and public parks. The analysis included total metal content (Pb, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd), and sequential extraction. Lead reached the highest levels in the soils and was higher near roads. In urban agricultural soils and in allotments Cu was present in noticeable quantities (300 mg kg−1). The presence of Cu in urban soils seems to be typical of soils used for a long period as agricultural land, especially vineyards in the area covered by this study. Sequential extraction was performed to evaluate the mobility of the metals and to better understand the impact of the anthropogenic activity on urban sites. In the present study principal components analysis (PCA) is employed to describe the characteristics of urban soils. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 DTPA extraction nationallicence lead nationallicence metals nationallicence principal components analysis (PCA) nationallicence urban soils nationallicence zinc nationallicence Bretzel Francesca Department of Soil Chemistry, CNR Institute for Ecosystem Study, via Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy aut Calderisi Marco Department of Soil Chemistry, CNR Institute for Ecosystem Study, via Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 118/1-3(2006-07-01), 319-335 0167-6369 118:1-3<319 2006 118 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-1495-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-1495-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bretzel Francesca Department of Soil Chemistry, CNR Institute for Ecosystem Study, via Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Calderisi Marco Department of Soil Chemistry, CNR Institute for Ecosystem Study, via Moruzzi 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 118/1-3(2006-07-01), 319-335 0167-6369 118:1-3<319 2006 118 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer