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Decrease and increase profile of Cu, Cr and Pb during stable phase of removal by duckweed (Lemna minor L.)
Esra Uçüncü1, Evren Tunca, Seyda Fikirdeşici
1University of Ankara, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Tandoğan, Ankara, Turkey. esra.ucuncu@gmail.com
Abstract:
The present work details the decrease-increase profiles of Cu, Cr, and Pb by the aquatic plant Lemna minor. A mixture of these metals were utilized at different concentrations. Removal profiles of each metal was determined with water samples taken every 24 h for a 144 h period after the 48 h mark and was examined with correlation analysis. Removal profiles of Cr and Pb by L. minor from the mixture were observed to be highly similar with each other (r = 0.943). High proportion of Cr and Pb were removed compared to Cu and removal equations were defined with the aid of regression analysis.
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