Heavy Metal Accumulation in Plants in the Zinc Smelting Area in North Western GuiZhou Province

2011 ◽  
Vol 414 ◽  
pp. 294-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yang Bai ◽  
Jian Yang ◽  
Huan Fang Gao ◽  
Li Sun ◽  
Liang Ke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Residual Fraction ◽  
North West ◽  
Zinc Smelting ◽  
Polluted Sites ◽  
Mobile Fraction ◽  
Western Guizhou ◽  
North Western

By means of AAS analysis method, a study on the concentrations of Pb, Cd in the plants of four different species of plants and soils in the polluted sites by zinc smelting in north-west GuiZhou Province. The fractions of heavy metals in the soils were distinguished by the sequential extraction prcedure as mobile fraction and residual fraction. Heavy metal concentrations in the plant were found linearly increased with their concentrations in soils around plant rhizosphere. The concentrations of Pb and Cd in the four plants followed the order Pb > Cd. Sambucus Chinensis and Ixeris gracilis were proved to have good metal-enriched and transport abilities. These plants would be useful to recover the ecology in these heavy metal polluted regions.

Heavy metal accumulation from zinc smelters in a carbonate rock region in Hezhang County, Guizhou Province, China

2006 ◽  
Vol 174 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 321-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Gen Yang ◽  
Cong-Qiang Liu ◽  
Wu Pan ◽  
Guo-Ping Zhang ◽  
Wei-Huang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Carbonate Rock ◽  
Metal Accumulation ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
Guizhou Province

Heavy-metal accumulation by Fucus ceranoides in a small estuary in north-west Spain

1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodolfo Barreiro ◽  
Carlos Real ◽  
Alejo Carballeira
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Accumulation ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
North West

Metallic pollution in clogging materials of urban porous pavements

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valérie Colandini ◽  
Michel Legret ◽  
Yves Brosseaud ◽  
Jean-Daniel Baladès
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Particle Size ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Total Concentration ◽  
Extraction Procedure ◽  
Interaction Strength ◽  
Metal Mobility ◽  
Residual Fraction ◽  
Metal Contents ◽  
Copper Zinc

Porous pavements infiltrated with stormwater are faced with clogging problems: runoff particles seep and clog the pervious surface layer of these structures. Clogging material samples (in the form of sludge) have been collected in cleaning operations on the pervious asphalt. This study aims at characterizing these materials, particle size distribution, heavy metal contents by particle size, and studying interactions between metals and particles. A sequential extraction procedure proposed by the experts of the Community Bureau of Reference (B.C.R.) was applied to provide information about heavy metal distribution on particles and to evaluate interaction strength, and consequently potential metal mobility when chemical variations occurred in the environment. Mainly made up of sand, the materials are polluted with lead, copper, zinc and cadmium. The concentrations appeared to be linked with road traffic intensity. The heavy metal contents by particle size showed that the finer are the particles, the higher are the heavy metal concentrations. Heavy metals were found potentially labile; metals contents in the residual fraction (mineral fraction) represented less than 20 % of the total concentration. Cadmium and zinc were apparently more labile than lead and copper.

DYNAMIC COMPARTMENT MODELING OF HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN MOSSES

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devan Fitzpatrick ◽  
◽  
Alyssa E. Shiel ◽  
Bruce McCune
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Accumulation ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
Compartment Modeling

scholarly journals Heavy metal levels in cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) foraging in some abattoirs in Lagos State metropolis

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elijah Abakpa Adegbe ◽  
Oluwaseyi Oluwabukola Babajide ◽  
Lois Riyo Maina ◽  
Shola Elijah Adeniji
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Accumulation ◽  
Heavy Metal Contamination ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
Bubulcus Ibis ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Metal Levels ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background Heavy metal accumulation in the ecosystem constitutes a potential toxic effect which is hazardous to human health. Increasing environmental pollution has necessitated the use of cattle egrets to evaluate the levels of heavy metal contamination, to establish their use in biomonitoring of heavy metals and to provide data for monitoring pollution in the environment. Results The present study assessed the utilization of Bubulcus ibis in monitoring pollution in five abattoirs, namely Agege, Bariga, Kara, Itire and Idi-Araba, all situated in Lagos State. The concentration of five (5) heavy metals, cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) was determined in the liver, muscle and feather of Bubulcus ibis using the atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The trend of metal accumulation was in the order: Zn > Cu > Pb > Cd > Ni for all the sampled tissues. The mean tissue concentrations of the metals were significantly different (p < 0.05) among the sites. The highest levels of metal concentration were reported in the liver in all the locations. Mean concentration of Cd in Kara (0.003 ± 0.00058) was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than those found at Agege (0.0013 ± 0.00058) and Idi-Araba (0.001 ± 0.001). A significant difference (p < 0.05) was also observed between the mean concentrations of Cu in Bariga (0.01 ± 0.001) and Idi-Araba (0.003 ± 0.001). Conclusion All the studied heavy metals were present in the liver, muscle and feathers of the cattle egrets. The contamination levels were ascertained from the study which indicated that cattle egrets are useful in biomonitoring studies and the generated data will serve as baseline data which could be compared with data from other locations for monitoring heavy metal pollution.

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