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Use of Soil Enzymes as Indicators for Contaminated Soil Monitoring and Sustainable Management

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  • Sang-Hwan Lee

    (Technical Research Institute, Mine Reclamation Corporation, Wonju 26464, Korea)

  • Min-Suk Kim

    (O-Jeong Resilience Institute, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea)

  • Jeong-Gyu Kim

    (O-Jeong Resilience Institute, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea)

  • Soon-Oh Kim

    (Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea)

Abstract

Diagnosis of the risk of soil pollution and the performance of measures for the recovery of contaminated soil requires proper monitoring of the extent of soil function damage and its recovery process. Soil enzymes reveal ecosystem perturbations, are sensitive to management choices, and have been used as indicators of biogeochemical cycles, organic matter degradation, and soil remediation processes. Thus, enzymes can indicate, along with other physical or chemical properties, soil quality. In this paper, we review the effects of soil pollutants [toxic trace elements (TTE), and petroleum hydrocarbons (PHC)] on enzymatic activities and evaluate the usefulness of soil enzyme’s activity for monitoring recovery processes in contaminated soil. Soil enzymes can be said to be a powerful means of monitoring to properly indicate the degree of deterioration of soil quality caused by soil pollution and to diagnose the process of functional recovery of contaminated soil. Further research is needed to establish the quantitative relationships between the soil physico-chemical properties and enzyme activity and the effect of soil remediation on the functional recovery of soil-related to soil quality.

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  • Sang-Hwan Lee & Min-Suk Kim & Jeong-Gyu Kim & Soon-Oh Kim, 2020. "Use of Soil Enzymes as Indicators for Contaminated Soil Monitoring and Sustainable Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:19:p:8209-:d:423994
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