ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Heavy Metal Accumulation in Leaves of Hydrocharis Morsus-Ranae L. and Biomonitoring Applications
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University of Wrocław, Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, Wrocław, Poland
Online publication date: 2014-06-26
Corresponding author
Ludmiła Polechońska
*Corresponding author: University of Wrocław, Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, ul. Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland, tel. +48713752011
*Corresponding author: University of Wrocław, Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, ul. Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland, tel. +48713752011
Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports 2014;12(1):95-105
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ABSTRACT
In present study the concentrations of Hg, Mn, Zn, Fe and Cu in water, bottom sediments and leaves of Hydrocharis morsus-ranae from 11 oxbow lakes of the Odra River were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. Trace metal concentration in water and bottom sediments were below the geochemical background, indicating no anthropogenic impact in the studied area. On average, the concentrations of metals in leaves of H. morsus ranae exceeded natural thresholds. A high bioaccumulation factors for metals were recorded. The significant positive correlations found between the content Zn, Fe and Hg of in water and in the H. morsus ranae indicate the potential use of the species in the biomonitoring of environmental contamination with these metals.
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