The aims of this study were to measure the concentrations of nutrients and pollutants in peri-urban wetlands, to analyze the plant morphology of the most representative macrophyte species, and to determine their potential use as biomonitors. Four wetlands in the Middle Paraná River floodplain evidencing contamination or anthropogenic impact were studied. The studied species were Typha domingensis Pers., Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms., Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb., and Pistia stratiotes L. Besides, the same plant species from an uncontaminated wetland considered as control were studied. A. philoxeroides showed the highest total phosphorus (TP) concentration in leaves throughout the study, while the other species showed a higher TP concentration in roots than in leaves. Since metal concentration in A. philoxeroides tissues was always higher than in sediment, further studies focused on its phytoremediation capacity should be carried out. T. domingensis exhibited the highest Zn concentrations in roots followed by Pb, and E. crassipes presented the highest values of Pb concentrations in roots. The aerial part height of the plants from peri-urban wetlands was significantly higher than that of the plants from the control, while the root length was significantly lower. The root length of P. stratiotes showed a negative correlation with soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) concentration in water. All the root anatomical parameters of T. domingensis and E. crassipes showed a positive correlation with nitrate and ammonium concentrations in water. The studied macrophytes evidenced a high tolerance, enabling them to grow and survive in peri-urban wetlands that receive pollution from different sources. The use of aquatic and wetland plants as contaminant bioindicators and bioaccumulators in the Middle Paraná River floodplain is completely feasible.
La laguna urbana Parque “Juan de Garay” es un espacio recreativopara los habitantes de la ciudad de Santa Fe. Se realizaron muestreosen cinco sitios de la laguna en cada estación del año registrando: pro-fundidad, oxígeno disuelto, transparencia del agua, temperatura, pH,conductividad eléctrica, nutrientes e iones; fitoplancton y bacterias.Se identificaron y cuantificaron muestras bacteriológicas medianteel recuento de microorganismos aerobios y anaerobios facultativos ymesófilos viables (RAT). Se identificaron 86 especies fitoplanctónicas,la mayor riqueza se observó en Chlorophyceae y Bacillariophyceaey mayor densidad en Cyanobacteria y Chlorophyceae. La mayor ri-queza específica y densidad fitoplanctónica se observó durante la es-tación primaveral. Los análisis bacterianos no registraron coliformesfecales ni Escherichia coli. El valor de saprobiedad determinó nivel β(beta–mesosaprobio), donde el agua presentó contaminación mo-derada y la presencia de grupos algales como Chlorophyceae, Cya-nobacteria y Bacillariophyceae. El diagnóstico permitió identificar enqué estado de saprobiedad está la laguna urbana “Parque Juan deGaray” y obtener información útil para el mejor manejo de éste siste-ma, posterior a su restauración en el 2009.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected human life at every level. In this study, we analyzed genetic markers (N and ORF1ab, RNA genes) of SARS-CoV-2 in domestic wastewaters (DWW) in San Justo City (Santa Fe, Argentina), using reverse transcription-quantitative real-time PCR. Out of the 30 analyzed samples, 30% were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. Of the total positive samples, 77% correspond to untreated DWW, 23% to pre-chlorination, and no SARS-CoV-2 RNA was registered at the post-chlorination sampling site. The viral loads of N and OFR1ab genes decreased significantly along the treatment process, and the increase in the number of viral copies of the N gene could anticipate, by 6 days, the number of clinical cases in the population. The concentration of chlorine recommended by the WHO (≥ 0.5 mg L
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after at least 30 min of contact time at pH 8.0) successfully removed SARS-CoV-2 RNA from DWW. The efficiency of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) confirms the need to control and increase DWW treatment systems on a regional and global scale. This work could contribute to building a network for WBE to monitor SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters during the pandemic waves and the epidemic remission phase.
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