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Published on: February 26, 2016
Monitoring heavy metal pollution by aquatic plants: a systematic study of copper uptake
S Materazzi1, S Canepari, S Aquili
1Department of Chemistry, "Sapienza" University of Rome, p.le A.Moro, 5-00185 Rome, Italy. Stefano.materazzi@uniroma1.it
Introduction:
The copper bioaccumulation by the floating Lemna minor and by the completely submerged Ranunculus tricophyllus as a function of exposure time and copper concentration was studied, with the aim of proposing these species as environmental biosensors of the water pollution.
Results:
The results show that both these aquatic angiosperms are good indicators of copper pollution because the copper uptake is the only function of metal concentration (water pollution).
Conclusion:
Uptake behavior is reported as a function of the time and concentration, based on the results of a 3-year study. Kinetic evaluations are proposed.
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