The risk of soil contaminants on above- and below-ground urban ecosystems

土壤污染物对城市地上和地下生态系统的风险

• 批准号: 2741900
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2741900
• 关键词: risk; soil; contaminants; above; below

This interdisciplinary project seeks to understand the risks posed by soil contamination byanthropogenic activities above- and below-ground in urban ecosystems. This is crucial as soils inurban ecosystems experience high levels of contamination from heavy industry, transport and humanmanagement (e.g. pesticides and herbicides at unregulated rates) and the impact of these on thestructure and function of urban soil ecosystems are unknown. Our supervisory team is uniquelyplaced to deliver this project with expertise in urban ecosystems, plant-soil-microbe interactions andthe impact of pesticides in the environment on wildlife.Currently, nothing is known about how heavy metal and chemical contaminants impact soil microbialand fungal community structure and function in urban ecosystems, and how this impacts on theassociated wildlife in above- and below-ground ecosystems. This project will provide key insights intothese processes producing a new framework for assessment of environmental risk of soilcontaminants.The student appointed to this project will develop a range of skills in soil, plant and microbialsciences, including analytical chemistry, metabolomics, isotope tracing and metagenomics. Inaddition, the student will undertake fieldwork and develop associated skills in citizen science,working with local authorities and the general public.

这个跨学科的项目试图了解城市生态系统上高于地上和地下的土壤污染造成的风险。这是至关重要的，因为土壤境地的生态系统经历了重工，运输和人类管理的高水平污染（例如，以不受监管的速度以农药和除草剂为单位），并且这些对城市土壤生态系统的影响和功能的影响尚不清楚。我们的监督团队是独一无二的，可以在城市生态系统，植物土壤 - 微生物相互作用以及农药对环境对野生动植物的影响方面的专业知识传递该项目。目前，对重金属和化学污染物的影响尚无任何了解。生态系统。该项目将提供关键的见解，以产生一个新的框架，以评估土壤中的环境风险。该项目任命的学生将在土壤，植物和微生物学方面发展一系列技能，包括分析化学，代谢组学，同位素痕迹跟踪和Metagenomics。陷入困境，学生将进行现场工作，并在公民科学领域发展相关技能，并与地方当局和公众合作。