Phosphine in various matrixes

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Han, Sheng-hui | Wang, Zi-jian | Zhuang, Ya-hui | Yu, Zhi-ming | Glindemann, Dietmar

Affiliations: National Key Laboratory of Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100085, China | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China | Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Abstract: Matrix-bound phosphine was determined in the Jiaozhou Bay coastal sediment, in prawn-pond bottom soil, in the eutrophic lake Wulongtan, in the sewage sludge and in paddy soil as well. Results showed that matrix-bound phosphine levels in freshwater and coastal sediment, as well as in sewage sludge, are significantly higher than that in paddy soil. The correlation between matrix bound phosphine concentrations and organic phosphorus contents in sediment samples is discussed.

Keywords: phosphine concentration, sediment, paddy soils, sewage sludge

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 339-341, 2003