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Assessment of Cadmium (Cd) in Paddy Soil and Ditch Sediment in Polluted Watershed and Non-Polluted Watershed

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Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic metal that damages human health and normal plant metabolism, and often results in reduced crop growth and yield. To explore the Cd migration characteristic in paddy soil and ditch sediment in a small watershed, present study was conducted in two different Cd polluted paddy areas in Hunan Province, China. The Cd contents of ditch sediment and paddy soil in the typical polluted watershed (Beishan Town, Changsha County, China) and non-polluted watershed (Jinjing Town, Changsha County, China) were determinate. The results showed that the total Cd content and available Cd content in the ditch sediment and paddy soil in Beishan ranged from 0.50 to 6.29 mg kg−1 and 0.26–1.72 mg kg−1, respectively. The total Cd content and available Cd content in the ditch sediment and paddy soil in Jinjing ranged from 0.30 to 2.13 mg kg−1 and 0.05–0.44 mg kg−1, respectively. The total Cd content and available Cd content in the ditch sediment and paddy soil in Beishan presented logarithm decreasing trend with the runoff direction. However, the total Cd content and available Cd content in the ditch sediment and paddy soil in Jinjing presented linear increase trends with the runoff direction.

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  • The total Cd contents and available Cd contents in the ditch sediment and paddy soil in polluted paddy area presented logarithmic decreased trend with the runoff direction, whilst Cd effective rates in downstream ditch sediment and paddy soil were higher than upstream.

  • The total Cd contents and available Cd contents in the ditch sediment and paddy soil in non-polluted paddy area presented logarithmic increased trend with the runoff direction, whilst Cd effective rates in downstream ditch sediment and paddy soil were lower than upstream.

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This study was Supported by the Special Scientific Research Project of Public Service Industry of Ministry of Water Resources (201501019) from the Department of international cooperation and science and technology, Ministry of water resources of the people's Republic of China, National Sci-Tech Support Plan Subject (2012BAD14B17-1) from Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China and Hunan Province Young Talent Cultivation United Fund Project (14JJ6056) from Department of science and technology of Hunan Province.

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  1. Longping Branch of Graduate School, Central South University, Changsha, 410125, Hunan Province, China

    Yunhe Xie & Xionghui Ji

  2. Hunan Institute of Agro-Environment and Ecology, Changsha, 410125, Hunan Province, China

    Yunhe Xie, Xionghui Ji, Jiamei Wu, Faxiang Tian, Jian Zhu & Zhaobin Liu

  3. Key Laboratory of Prevention, Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution in Hunan Province, Changsha, 410125, Hunan Province, China

    Yunhe Xie, Xionghui Ji, Jiamei Wu, Faxiang Tian, Jian Zhu & Zhaobin Liu

  4. Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agri-Environment in the Midstream of Yangtze River Plain, Changsha, 410125, Hunan Province, China

    Yunhe Xie, Xionghui Ji, Jiamei Wu, Faxiang Tian, Jian Zhu & Zhaobin Liu

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XJ conceived and designed the experiments. YX, JW, FT, JZ and ZL carried out the experiments and analysed data. YX drafted the manuscript. XJ provided guidance during the experiment. All authors read, edited, and approved the manuscript.

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Xie, Y., Ji, X., Wu, J. et al. Assessment of Cadmium (Cd) in Paddy Soil and Ditch Sediment in Polluted Watershed and Non-Polluted Watershed. Int J Environ Res 15, 527–534 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-021-00327-z

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