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dc.contributor.author | Bonanno, Giuseppe | |
dc.contributor.author | Borg, Joseph A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martino, Vincenzo di | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-09T17:19:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-09T17:19:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bonanno, G., Borg, J. A., & Di Martino, V. (2017). Levels of heavy metals in wetland and marine vascular plants and their biomonitoring potential : a comparative assessment. Science of The Total Environment, 576, 796-806. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/18154 | |
dc.description.abstract | The present study investigated the levels of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in the seagrasses Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa, and in the wetland macrophytes Phragmites australis, Arundo donax, Typha domingensis, Apium nodiflorum, and Nasturtium officinale. Results showed that the bioaccumulation capacity from sediments, translocation, total levels in plant tissues, and bioindication of metals in sediments, are generally species-specific. In particular, the patterns of metals in the aquatic plants studied were overall independent of ecology (coasts vs wetlands), biomass, anatomy (rhizomatous vs non rhizomatous plants), and life form (hemicrytophytes vs hydrophytes). However, marine phanerogams and wetland macrophytes shared some characteristics such as high levels of heavy metals in their below-ground organs, similar capacity of element translocation in the rhizosphere, compartmentalization of metals in the different plant organs, and potential as bioindicators of Cu, Mn and Zn levels in the substratum. In particular, the present findings indicate that, despite ecological and morphological similarities, different plant species tend to respond differently to exposure to heavy metals. Furthermore, this seems to result from the species individual ability to accumulate and detoxify the various metals rather than being attributed to differences in their ecological and morpho-anatomical characteristics. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Indicators (Biology) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Heavy metals | en_GB |
dc.subject | Posidonia oceanica -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cymodoceaceae -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Marine plants -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Levels of heavy metals in wetland and marine vascular plants and their biomonitoring potential : a comparative assessment | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.171 | |
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