title: Using DET and DGT probes (ferrihydrite and titanium dioxide) to investigate arsenic concentrations in soil porewater of an arsenic-contaminated paddy field in Bangladesh.
abstract: Arsenic concentration in the pore water of paddy fields (Csoln) irrigated with arsenic-rich groundwater is a key parameter in arsenic uptake by rice. Pore water extracts from cores and in situ deployment of DET and DGT probes were used to measure the arsenic concentration in the pore water. Ferrihydrite (Fe) and titanium dioxide (Ti) were used as DGT binding agents. Six sampling events during different growing stages of the rice, inducing different biogeochemical conditions, were performed in one rice field. A time series of DGT experiments allow the determination of an in situ arsenic diffusion coefficient in the diffusive gel (3.34×10(-6) cm(2) s(-1)) needed to calculate the so-called CDGT(Fe) and CDGT(Ti) concentrations. Over 3 days of a given sampling event and for cores sampled at intervals smaller than 50 cm, great variability in arsenic Csoln concentrations between vertical profiles was observed, with maxima of concentrations varying from 690 to 2800 μg L(-1). Comparisons between arsenic measured Csol and CDET and calculated CDGT(Fe) and CDGT(Ti) concentrations show either, in a few cases, roughly similar vertical profiles, or in other cases, significantly different profiles. An established iron oxyhydroxide precipitation in the DET gel may explain why measured arsenic CDET concentrations occasionally exceeded Csoln. The large spread in results suggests limitations to the use of DET and type of DGT probes used here for similarly representing the spatio-temporal variations of arsenic content in soil pore water in specific environmental such as paddy soils.
authors.affiliation: Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE), UMR CNRS 7730, AMU (Aix-Marseille Université), BP 80, 13545 Aix en Provence, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.affiliation: UnB, IG/GMP-ICC Centro, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, 70919-970, Brasilia-DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jérémie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.affiliation: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Univ. Paris Diderot, UMR 7154, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jézéquel
authors.affiliation: Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE), UMR CNRS 7730, AMU (Aix-Marseille Université), BP 80, 13545 Aix en Provence, France.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Angeletti
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001459:Bangladesh; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D060587:Groundwater / Q000737:chemistry; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C009495:titanium dioxide; C092844:ferric oxyhydroxide; D014025:Titanium; D001151:Arsenic
keywords: Arsenic; Bangladesh; Contaminated paddy-field; DET; DGT; Pore-water