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Fundación Séneca de la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia: 55.100 €
From January 1st, 2011 to December 31st, 2015
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
Swiss Federal Institute of Techology (ETH-Zürich) (Switzerland)
BIOCYMA, Consultora en Medio Ambiente y Calidad S.L.
The projects had as main goals to evaluate alternatives to restore/stabilize mine tailings in the Sierra of Cartagena-La Unión by means of:
1) Ecophysiological characterisation of pnative plant species which grow in abandoned mine tailings of the Sierra de Cartagena-La Unión.
2) Determination of plant stress factors which condition plant stablishment in mine tailings.
Mine tailings are one of the main environmental problems associated to mine activity. The phytomanagement of abandoned mine tailings has been proposed as a suitable tool to effect their surface stabilisation and thus, decreases their environmental risks. The project consisted of determining the edaphic and ecophysiological factors which conditions the phytomanagement of mine tailings under semiarid climate.
The projects main goals included the ecophysiological characterisation of pnative plant species which grow in abandoned mine tailings of the Sierra de Cartagena-La Unión and the determination of plant stress factors which condition plant stablishment in mine tailings. The results showed that the high spatial heterogeneity of edaphic parameters generated soil gradients which conditioned the ecological gradients. The pioneer vegetation, especially those hophyte platn species, contributed to soil fertility improvement. The presence of tree species at the tailings within high densisty vegetated patches (fertility islands) was related to the successional processes coming from plant facilitation and mychorryza. The phytomanagement of mine tailings should take advantage of these processes to establish sustainable plant communities.
- JCR articles
Parraga-Aguado, I., Álvarez-Rogel, J., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Conesa, H.M. 2017. Metal mobility assessment for the application of an urban organic waste amendment in two degraded semiarid soils. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 173:92-98
Parraga-Aguado, I., López-Orenes, A., Ferrer-Ayala, M.A, González-Alcaraz, M.N., Conesa, H.M. 2016. Evaluation of the environmental plasticity in the xerohalophyte Zygophyllum fabago L. for the phytomanagement of mine tailings in semiarid areas. Chemosphere. 161: 259-265.
Párraga-Aguado, I., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Schulin, R., Conesa, H.M. 2015. The potential use of Piptatherum miliaceum for the phytomanagement of mine tailings in semiarid areas: role of soil fertility and plant competition. Journal of Environmental Management.158:74-84.
Párraga-Aguado, I., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Álvarez-Rogel, J., Conesa, H.M. 2014. Assessment of the employment of halophyte plant species for the phytomanagement of mine tailings in semiarid areas. Ecological Engineering. 71:598-604
Conesa, H.M., María-Cervantes, A., Álvarez-Rogel, J., González-Alcaraz, M.N. 2014. Role of rhizosphere and soil properties for the phytomanagment of a salt marsh polluted by mining wastes. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 11:1353–1364
Párraga-Aguado, I., Querejeta, J.I., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Jiménez-Cárceles, F.J., Conesa, H.M. 2014. Usefulness of pioneer vegetation for the phytomanagement of metal(loid)s enriched tailings: grasses vs. shrubs vs. trees. Journal of Environmental Management. 133:51-58
Párraga-Aguado, I., Querejeta, J.I., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Jiménez-Cárceles, F.J., Conesa, H.M. 2014. Elemental and stable isotope composition of Pinus halepensis foliage along a metal(loid) polluted gradient: implications for phytomanagement of mine tailings in semiarid areas. Plant and Soil. 379: 93-107.
Párraga-Aguado, I., Querejeta, J.I., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Conesa, H.M. 2014. Metal(loid) allocation and nutrient retranslocation in Pinus halepensis trees growing on semiarid mine tailings. Science of the Total Environment. 485-486:406-414
Párraga-Aguado, I., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Álvarez-Rogel, J., Jiménez-Cárceles, F.J., Conesa, H.M. 2013 Assessment of metal(loid)s availability and their uptake by Pinus halepensis in a Mediterranean forest impacted by abandoned tailings. Ecological Engineering. 58:84-90
Párraga-Aguado, I., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Álvarez-Rogel, J., Jiménez-Cárceles, F.J., Conesa, H.M. 2013. The importance of edaphic niches and pioneer plant species succession for the phytomanagement of mine tailings. Environmental Pollution. 176:134-143.
- PhD Thesis
Isabel María Párraga Aguado "The importance of edaphic niches and spontaneous vegetation for the phytomanagement of mine tailings under semiarid climate" Junio de 2015. Directores: Dr. Héctor Miguel Conesa Alcaraz y Dr. María Nazaret González Alcaraz.
- Communications in Congresses:
Héctor M. Conesa, María Nazaret González Alcaraz, Francisco J. Jiménez-Cárceles, María del Carmen Tercero Gómez, Isabel Párraga Aguado.2015. How does metal(loid) pollution affect soil enzymatic activities at metal(loid) enriched mine tailings? The role of pioneer plant rhizospheres. CICTA 2015-10ºCongreso Ibérico y 7ªIberoamericano de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental. Vila Real, Portugal. 14 al 17 de Julio de 2015
Isabel Párraga-Aguado; María Nazaret González-Alcaraz; María del Carmen Tercero-Gómez; José Álvarez-Rogel; Héctor M. Conesa. 2015. Metal(loid) allocation in the soil-plant system of a Pinus halepensis population growing on semiarid mine tailings. CICTA 2015-10ºCongreso Ibérico y 7ªIberoamericano de Contaminación y Toxicología Ambiental. Vila Real, Portugal. 14 al 17 de Julio de 2015
Párraga-Aguado, I., Alcoba Gómez, P., Tercero-Gómez, M.C., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Moya, J., Conesa, H.M. 2014. The use of organic municipal waste refuse (MWR) for the improvement of soil fertility in mine tailings: implications for metal(oid) plant allocation. In: Arenas-Lago, D., Alonso-Vega, F., Rodríguez-Seijo, A., PPS International Congress of Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils. Book of Abstracts. Vigo, Spain, July 29-30, ISBN: 978-84-697-0747-0, pag. 48
Párraga-Aguado, I., Jiménez-Cárceles, F.J., Álvarez-Rogel, J., Tercero-Gómez, M.C., González-Alcaraz, M.N., Moya, J., Conesa, H.M. 2014. The potential of Piptatherum miliaceum for the phytomanagement of mine tailings in semiarid areas: Role of soil fertility and plant competitionIn: Arenas-Lago, D., Alonso-Vega, F., Rodríguez-Seijo, A., PPS International Congress of Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils. Book of Abstracts. Vigo, Spain, July 29-30, ISBN: 978-84-697-0747-0, pag. 47
Isabel M. Párraga-Aguado, María del Carmen Tercero-Gómez, José Álvarez-Rogel, María Nazaret González-Alcaraz, Francisco J. Jiménez-Cárceles, Rainer Schulin, Héctor M. Conesa. 2014.The importance of pioneer plant species succession and edaphic niches for the phytomanagement of mining impacted ecosystems. In: Stefan Holzheu & Birgit Thies (eds.) BIOGEOMON 2014, 8th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, University of Bayreuth, Germany, July 13th – 17th, 2014, Book of Abstracts, ISSN 0944 - 4122, Pag. 321.
Héctor M. Conesa, Jose-Ignacio Querejeta-Mercader, Antonio López-Orenes, María-Nazaret, González-Alcaraz, Mari-Ángeles Ferrer-Ayala, Antonio A. Calderón-García, Isabel Párraga-Aguado. 2014. The role of plant assemblage in the phytomanagement of mining impacted ecosystems. In: Stefan Holzheu & Birgit Thies (eds.) BIOGEOMON 2014, 8th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, University of Bayreuth, Germany, July 13th – 17th, 2014, Book of Abstracts, ISSN 0944 - 4122, Pag. 327-328
Isabel M. Párraga-Aguado, José Álvarez-Rogel, María del Carmen Tercero-Gómez, María Nazaret González-Alcaraz, Francisco J. Jiménez-Cárceles, Héctor M. Conesa. 2012. Primeros datos sobre gradientes edáficos y pautas de colonización de la vegetación pionera en balsas mineras de la sierra de Cartagena- La Unión (SE Península Ibérica). V Congreso Ibérico de la Ciencia del Suelo. Angra do Heroismo (Portugal), 6-10 septiembre de 2012