scholarly journals Peculiarities of heavy metals influence on submerged higher aquatic plants and green filamentous algae

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
O. O. Pasichna ◽  
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O. M. Arsan ◽  
O. O. Godlevska ◽  
L. O. Gorbatyuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Filamentous Algae ◽  
Higher Aquatic Plants

scholarly journals Ecological aspects of heavy metals accumulation in higher aquatic plants in the process of phytoremediation

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Olga Fedorovna Galdeeva ◽  
Olga Viktorovna Kozlovskaya ◽  
Alina Yurievna Kopnina
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Ions ◽  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Heavy Metal Ions ◽  
Elodea Canadensis ◽  
Higher Aquatic Plants ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
Bivalent Copper ◽  
Water Plants

This paper deals with pollution of natural and waste waters with heavy metals in the conditions of technogenic impact. It describes one of the numerous methods for neutralizing various contaminants in the aquatic environment, in particular phytoremediation, which has been used for more than 50 years in various countries. The paper considers the role of higher aquatic plants which, according to a variety of confirmatory studies, can be used to extract toxic components from natural and waste water - heavy metal ions. The authors consider a possibility of inorganic origin pollutants extraction with the help of higher water plants of Myriophyllum verticillatum L. and Elodea canadensis Michx. in laboratory conditions. The authors determined pollutants concentration change dependence in the solution with a process duration of less than 10 hours. The authors proved that the maximum purification efficiency is achieved only with the combined use of higher aquatic plants and perfetron. The results of the studies indicate a possibility of water purification from heavy metal ions (ferric iron, bivalent copper, bichromate ions) with the help of higher water plants Myriophyllum verticillatum L. and Elodea canadensis Michx.

scholarly journals Heavy metals contents in higher aquatic plants of Belarusian reservoirs and rivers: spatial and species features

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia V. Zhukovskaya ◽  
Boris P. Vlasov ◽  
Nadzeya V. Kavalchyk
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Submerged Macrophytes ◽  
Ash Content ◽  
Ecological Groups ◽  
Average Content ◽  
Submerged Plants ◽  
Higher Aquatic Plants ◽  
Abnormal Accumulation ◽  
Geochemical Province

The spatial and species features of heavy metals (Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Mo, Pb) contents in higher aquatic plants of reservoirs and rivers within Belarus have been analyzed on monitoring data. The group of submerged plants are characterized by high ash content; and they accumulate large amounts of Ti, Mn, Cu, Zn, Zr, Pb. There are statistically signi ficant differences between the plants in ecological groups of reservoirs and rivers in terms of Mn, Cu, Pb contents in the tissues (elements with a 100 % frequency). According to the spatial analysis the reservoirs of the northern geochemical province account for 71 % of the Mn anomalies and 80 % of the Cu anomalies, including the Braslav region – 46 % of the Mn anomalies and 59 % of Cu. Mn, Cu, Pb maximum concentrations are characteristics of submerged macrophytes such lakes as Snudy, Losvido, Maloye Beloye, Beloye (Luninets District), Beloe (Surmino), Svityaz. Among submerged macrophytes within lakes the abnormal accumulation of Mn has been noted for Charophyta (61 % of cases), Myriophyllum and Ceratophyllum, Cu – Charophyta, Isoetes and Lobelia dortmanna, Pb – Isoetes, Charophyta and Potamogeton. The macrophytes within rivers are characterized by the higher ash content and the average content of Mn, Cu and Pb in comparison with the lakes plants. Areas with identified Cu and Pb anomalies in the submerged plants are confined to the central geochemical province of Belarus (the Svisloch river accounts for 67 % of anomalous values of Cu and 33 % of Pb). Anomalous values of Cu have been fixed in the tissues of the Ceratophyllum and Potamogeton, Pb – mostly in Potamogeton. The cluster analysis has distinguished a group of plant species as a part of the following genera: Potamogeton, Myriophyllum, Elodea, Ceratophyllum and Sparganium. The group is characterized by elevated contents of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Pb and recommended as indicators of polluting water objects with heavy metals.

137Cs and 90Sr Accumulation by Higher Aquatic Plants and Phytoepiphyton in Water Bodies of Urban Territories

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-59
Author(s):  
P. D. Klochenko ◽  
G. V. Kharchenko ◽  
V. G. Klenus ◽  
A. Ye. Kaglyan ◽  
T. F. Shevchenko
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Higher Aquatic Plants ◽  
Urban Territories

Organic and metallic pollutants in water treatment and natural wetlands: a review

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Haarstad ◽  
H. J. Bavor ◽  
T. Mæhlum
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Aquatic Plants ◽  
Metal Uptake ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Treatment Wetlands ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Toxic Heavy Metals ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Fish Samples ◽  
Other Substances

A literature review shows that more than 500 compounds occur in wetlands, and also that wetlands are suitable for removing these compounds. There are, however, obvious pitfalls for treatment wetlands, the most important being the maintenance of the hydraulic capacity and the detention time. Treatment wetlands should have an adapted design to target specific compounds. Aquatic plants and soils are suitable for wastewater treatment with a high capacity of removing nutrients and other substances through uptake, sorption and microbiological degradation. The heavy metals Cd, Cu, Fe, Ni and Pb were found to exceed limit values. The studies revealed high values of phenol and SO4. No samples showed concentrations in sediments exceeding limit values, but fish samples showed concentrations of Hg exceeding the limit for fish sold in the European Union (EU). The main route of metal uptake in aquatic plants was through the roots in emergent and surface floating plants, whereas in submerged plants roots and leaves take part in removing heavy metals and nutrients. Submerged rooted plants have metal uptake potential from water as well as sediments, whereas rootless plants extracted metals rapidly only from water. Caution is needed about the use of SSF CWs (subsurface flow constructed wetlands) for the treatment of metal-contaminated industrial wastewater as metals are shifted to another environmental compartment, and stable redox conditions are required to ensure long-term efficiency. Mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals and wetlands have been shown to be a source of methylmercury. Methyl Hg concentrations are typically approximately 15% of Hgt (total mercury). In wetlands polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), bisphenol A, BTEX, hydrocarbons including diesel range organics, glycol, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), cyanide, benzene, chlorophenols and formaldehyde were found to exceed limit values. In sediments only PAH and PCB were found exceeding limit values. The pesticides found above limit values were atrazine, simazine, terbutylazine, metolachlor, mecoprop, endosulfan, chlorfenvinphos and diuron. There are few water quality limit values of these compounds, except for some well-known endocrine disrupters such as nonylphenol, phtalates, etc.

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