petroleum products

SOIL STATUS ASSESSMENT IN URBAN AREAS BY CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGICAL METHODS

The ecological status of soils in an urbosystem was assessed in terms of the total content of heavy metals, their mobile forms, petroleum products, integrated toxicity, and soil catalase activity. Parts of the functional transport areas of the city have turned out to be the most disadvantaged areas. A tendency of suppression of the ciliate motor activity and the growth indicators of watercress, reduction of the catalase activity in urban soils are observed.