Cadmium and Lead Accumulation in Two Littoral Plants of Five Lakes in Poznan, Poland

Drzewiecka, Kinga; Borowiak, Klaudia; Mleczek, Mirosław; Zawada, Iwona; Goliński, Piotr

doi:10.2478/v10182-010-0024-6

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“…Removal of toxic heavy metals from the aquatic environment is one of the priorities of the environmentalist all over the world. P. australis is one of the most studied aquatic plants for heavy metal removal (Schierup and Larsen 1981;Szymanowska et al 1999;Ye et al 2003;Samecka-Cymerman and Kempers 2001;Peltier et al 2003;Windham et al 2001;Ali et al 2002;Mant et al 2006;Chiu et al 2006;Drzewiecka et al 2010) because of its high metal removal potential (Table 2) and fast growth, accumulating metal in above and belowground biomass. In general, plants have a tendency to release excessive metal ions through transpiration, reducing the toxic concentration in the plant tissues of leaves which is common to P. australis also (Berk and Colwell 1981;Burke et al 2000).…”

Section: Removal Of Heavy Metalsmentioning

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Environmental perspectives of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex. Steudel

Srivastava¹,

Kalra²,

Naraian³

2013

Appl Water Sci

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Extensive research is being conducted worldwide to find alternative and efficient systems to lessen the impacts of climate change and reduce environmental pollution. The genus Phragmites has proven ability to mitigate the environmental pollution of its surroundings. Common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex. Steudel), a graminaceous plant of cosmopolitan nature, has been extensively studied especially for the mitigation of environmental contamination. The capability of common reed to grow well at extreme environmental conditions such as elevated CO 2 and high temperature is conferred by several factors such as change of carbon trapping mechanism (from C 3 to C 4 and vice versa), microbial association and biochemical adaptations. P. australis has been a most preferred unique plant system, especially in ecological engineering for improving the quality of wastewater. This paper reviews the current state of knowledge regarding the suitability of Phragmites australis for environmental remediation and summarizes recent advancements in our understanding of this grass.

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Section: Removal Of Heavy Metalsmentioning

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Environmental perspectives of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex. Steudel

Srivastava¹,

Kalra²,

Naraian³

2013

Appl Water Sci

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“…According to the values recorded for heavy metals in unpolluted surface water, none of the investigation sites revealed values of Cd and Pb above the upper limits, which were 0.2 and 25 μl l -1 , respectively (Drzewiecka et al 2010). …”

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“…Based on previous data, we can also predict that this species has a great ability to adsorb heavy metals at low concentrations (Southichak et al 2006). The second plant chosen for the present investigations was narrow--leaved cattail (T. angustifolia L.), which previously also revealed some abilities to accumulate HMs (Demirezen and Aksoy 2004, Muhammad et al 2009, Drzewiecka et al 2010, Samecka-Cymerman and Kampers 2001. This species also revealed high productivity and can be used for wastewater treatment (Tsuchija 1991).…”

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Accumulation of Cd and Pb in water, sediment and two littoral plants (Phragmites australis, Typha angustifolia) of freshwater ecosystem

Borowiak

Kanclerz

Mleczek

et al. 2016

Archives of Environmental Protection

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Cd and Pb concentrations were measured in water, sediment and plant organs collected from selective sites located along the Bogdanka river (Poznań, Poland) in the 2012 growing season. The aim of the investigations was to monitor changes in heavy metal (HM) concentrations in different media over the periods, as well as to evaluate potential of two littoral plants, Phragmites australis and Typha angustifolia, for phytoremediation under natural conditions. Investigations revealed differences in HM concentrations in water and sediments. Higher values were observed in sediments than in water. The decrease in concentrations of both HMs in sediments was noted in two of the three selected water reservoirs during growing seasons, which suggests the possibility of their adsorption and accumulation by aquatic plants. Both investigated plant species accumulated ample amount of Cd and Pb in underground and aboveground plant tissues, however T. angustifolia revealed higher Cd translocation potential than P. australis. The latter revealed higher Pb accumulation in two lakes. Moreover, the translocation ratio was usually higher in spring, especially for Pb, in both plant species. Increasing level of pollution load index in sediment along the Bogdanka watercourse indicates accumulation of measured HMs.

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“…Plants, which are good accumulators; have high tolerance to high contaminant concentrations; and have the ability tosurvive and produce biomass can be proper for the phytoremidation [7]. Aquatic macrophyte can have high capability of metal accumulation depends on the biological (such as species, age) and non biological (salinity, pH, temperature, season) factors [8]; and can act as biological barrier to prevent heavy metals distribution in environment [9]. Different plant species have been used for the phytoremediation of pollutants such as heavy metals and nutrients from polluted water.…”

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Green Plants and Nature: Natural Wastewater Treatment Plants

2014

IJAAEE

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Our nature and natural resources are the real teachers of our engineers. In wastewater engineering, one of the most sophisticated methods of wastewater treatment is the tertiary treatment or biological treatment. Methods such as biodisc, biofiltration and activated sludge use tiny organisms to remove organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater. Other higher levels of organisms, such as plants, have been also used for polluted water purification. In phytoremediation, with its different methods of purification, plants are used to remove pollutants from wastewater. Other organisms such as algae, shellfish and fish can be also applied for wastewater treatment. In this paper, the results of the research on using organisms to remove pollutants such as heavy metals from different kinds of wastewaters are presented. The researches were either based on the measurements on nature, or pilot studies in the laboratory. We used water hyacinth to remove nitrate, phosphate, BOD5 and COD from municipal wastewater. The common reed and some other aquatic plants were used for the purification of wastewaters discharged from oil industries and gas purification factories. The concentrations of metals were measured in tissues of organisms exposed to polluted waters in nature; organisms such as algae, fish, shellfish, plants and worms. High concentrations of metals were observed in the organism tissues, suggesting they are favorable for wastewater treatment. The results suggest that a combination of methods would be the most appropriate and in most cases economic method for the treatment of different types of wastewater.

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Cadmium and Lead Accumulation in Two Littoral Plants of Five Lakes in Poznan, Poland

Cited by 9 publications

References 20 publications

Environmental perspectives of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex. Steudel

Environmental perspectives of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex. Steudel

Accumulation of Cd and Pb in water, sediment and two littoral plants (Phragmites australis, Typha angustifolia) of freshwater ecosystem

Green Plants and Nature: Natural Wastewater Treatment Plants

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