Assessment of Accumulation of Heavy Metals and Lipid Peroxidation in Common Reed (Phragmites australis) in the Albanian Part of Lake Ohrid

In this study, Phragmites australis (common reed) was transplanted into solutions added with different concentrations of Mn, Zn, Cd, Pb, and As for 30 days in the laboratory (10 days of incubation and repeated three times without changing the plant) to assess the removal of these metals and its accumulation in the plant. The results showed that high removal efficiency was achieved by growing P.australis. The highest daily removal rates of heavy metals and As were obtained after 1 day of new solution addition. The highest concentrations of Mn, Zn, Cd, Pb, and As in the plant roots were 3920, 1020, 90.9, 1350, and 183 mg kg–1 dry wt., respectively; those in the stems were 465, 108, 26.4, 227, and 74.0 mg kg–1 dry wt.; and those in the leaves were 716, 150, 18.1, 157, and 88.3 mg kg–1 dry wt. The results of this study indicated that P. australis has the ability to remove simultaneously these metals from water, making it a potential species for phytoremediation of wastewater from Pb-Zn mine.

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Heavy Metals Phytoremediation from Urban Waste Leachate by the Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

Phytoremediation ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-10969-5_7 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 75-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Amin Mojiri ◽

Hamidi Abdul Aziz ◽

Ramlah Bt Mohd Tajuddin ◽

Shahin Gavanji ◽

Ali Gholami

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Phragmites Australis ◽

Common Reed ◽

Urban Waste ◽

The Common ◽

Waste Leachate

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Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in common reed (Phragmites australis) growing spontaneously on highly contaminated mine tailing ponds in Serbia and potential use of this species in phytoremediation

Botanica Serbica ◽

10.2298/botserb1901085p ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 85-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Milijana Prica ◽

Gordana Andrejic ◽

Jasmina Sinzar-Sekulic ◽

Tamara Rakic ◽

Zeljko Dzeletovic

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Heavy Metal ◽

Phragmites Australis ◽

Chemical Weathering ◽

Translocation Factor ◽

Common Reed ◽

Mine Tailing ◽

Metal Extraction ◽

Plant Organs ◽

Tailing Ponds

Heavy metal contamination of aquatic ecosystems directly threatens the health, production and biodiversity of aquatic and surrounding terrestrial ecosystems, and it represents a serious global problem. Metal extraction during ore processing produces large amounts of wastes that remain in tailings at the mining site. Fine waste particles represent a long-term source of potentially toxic metals that can be released into the ground and surface water as a result of their progressive chemical weathering. Aquatic macrophythes have a major role in absorption and accumulation of heavy metals and thereby in natural water purification. The presence of naturally growing plants on mine tailing ponds indicates their tolerance of heavy metal pollution and suggests a possible role for them in phytoremediation. In the present study, we analysed the concentrations of heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn, Pb, Cd, Co, Cu) in Phragmites australis plants growing spontaneously in shallow water of several mine tailing ponds. The aims of the study were to define chemical properties of the mine spoils, determine the concentrations of heavy metals in different plant organs and assess the phytoremediation potential of common reed. The investigated sediments were notably rich in both total and available forms of Fe, Pb, Zn and Cu, with their upper concentrations close to phytotoxic levels. The greatest amounts of almost all of the investigated metals in plants from all three mine tailing ponds were found in the roots, with their concentrations positively correlated with the amounts of their available forms in the corresponding sediment. The far higher metal concentrations in the roots in comparison with other plant organs clearly indicate that the metals were strongly sequestrated within root cortical tissues and were not transferred across the endodermis. Taken altogether, the presence of the greatest amounts of metals in roots, high bioaccumulation factor and low translocation factor show that P. australis is an excluder plant species with a good phytostabilisation potential. As such, it might be efficiently used in rhizofiltration of wastewaters.

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Seasonal changes in metal accumulation and distribution in the organs of Phragmites australis (common reed) from Lake Skadar, Montenegro

Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society ◽

10.2298/jsc121026153k ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 78 (8) ◽

pp. 1241-1258 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Vlatko Kastratovic ◽

Sladjana Krivokapic ◽

Dijana Djurovic ◽

Nada Blagojevic

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Phragmites Australis ◽

Metal Accumulation ◽

Growing Season ◽

Common Reed ◽

Load Level ◽

Surrounding Water ◽

Water Ecosystem ◽

Different Seasons ◽

Lake Skadar

Due to its ability to accumulate metals, availability throughout the year and its large biomass, Phragmites australis (common reed) is suitable for biomonitoring studies for the evaluation of load level of water ecosystem with trace metals. The heavy metals concentration in P.australis tissue can be several ten to several thousand times higher than those in the surrounding water. In this study we examined the content of heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Sr and V) in sediment, water and different organs of Phragmites australis collected from Lake Skadar, Montenegro, during different seasons of the year 2011. The highest concentrations of Sr were found in the leaves, while the other studied metals showed their highest concentrations in the roots. Thus, P. australis is considered a root bioaccumulation species. For most metals the concentration in roots and stems increases over time until the end of the growing season, and then decreases, while the concentration in leaves increases even after the growing season of the plant. If P. australis is used for phytoremediation purposes, then it should be harvested after the growing season because then the concentration of metals in the aboveground parts is maximal.

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The Importance of Biological and Ecological Properties of Phragmites Australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud., in Phytoremendiation of Aquatic Ecosystems—The Review

Water ◽

10.3390/w12061770 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 1770

Author(s):

Justyna Milke ◽

Małgorzata Gałczyńska ◽

Jacek Wróbel

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Phragmites Australis ◽

Aquatic Ecosystems ◽

High Capacity ◽

Common Reed ◽

Intraspecific Diversity ◽

High Ability ◽

Physiology And Biochemistry ◽

The Common ◽

Pollutants Removal

Phragmites australis (common reed) is one of the most extensively distributed species of emergent plant worldwide. The adaptive features of this plant show its competitive character. Owing to high intraspecific diversity of common reed, as well as its phenotypic plasticity, the plant shows a broad ecological amplitude. Moreover, the plant exhibits a high capacity for acclimatization to environmental conditions which are considered adverse. This plant has been used for many years in phytoremediation to purify various types of wastewater. Phragmites australis has a high ability to accumulate various nutrients, heavy metals, and micropollutants, and in this respect, it is superior to other aquatic plants. This review examines the existing literature on the biological and ecological properties of common reed, the use of common reed in wastewater treatment for removing pollutants and tolerance for metals, and in hydrophyte treatment systems. It seems vital to conduct further research on the physiology and biochemistry of the common reed, with the aim of increasing the plant’s efficiency for pollutants removal.

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Uptake of selected heavy metals and their effects on some physiologic parameters and mineral nutrition in Phragmites australis in Karasu River-Turkey

Global NEST Journal ◽

10.30955/gnj.001383 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 555-564 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Lipid Peroxidation ◽

Phragmites Australis ◽

River Sediments ◽

Mineral Elements ◽

Mineral Nutrient ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Health Related ◽

Physiologic Parameters ◽

High Concentrations

<div> <p>Water contamination by heavy metals is a serious global problem due to increased environmental and health-related issues. In this study, we have comparatively investigated the heavy metal concentrations and mineral nutrient levels in Karasu river sediments and in plants samples of <em>Phragmites australis </em>(Cav.) in order to assess the biomonitoring capacity. Plant and sediment samples were collected from four different localities along Karasu River, and those samples were analyzed in terms of heavy metals such as Fe, Zn, Mn, Ni, Cr, Cu, Pb, Co and Cd, and in terms of mineral elements such as K, Ca, Mg, Na, Al, and B using ICP-OES. In addition, lipid peroxidation, chlorophyll and carotenoid levels in plant samples were also checked. Sediments in Karasu River contained high concentrations of Ni and Cr metals. Moreover, <em>P. australis </em>showed hyper-accumulation for Cd and Zn in root and leaf samples, respectively. Although there was no significant difference in chlorophyll amounts among locations, lipid peroxidation was found to be high in samples taken from İliç. </p> </div> <p> </p>

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