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Growth and Physiological Responses in Myriophyllum spicatum L. Exposed to Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate
Author(s) -
Liu Yilin,
Liu Nian,
Zhou Yuhong,
Wang Feng,
Zhang Yizhe,
Wu Zhonghua
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.4475
Subject(s) - myriophyllum , point of delivery , peroxidase , superoxide dismutase , phytoremediation , chlorophyll , chemistry , zoology , botany , oxidative stress , biology , aquatic plant , environmental chemistry , biochemistry , ecology , enzyme , macrophyte , heavy metals
Abstract The exogenous organic pollutant linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) is frequently detected in water. Myriophyllum spicatum L., a submerged aquatic plant, is a popular choice for phytoremediation. The present study investigated the growth and physiological responses of M. spicatum to different concentrations of LAS (0, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 10, 50, 100, and 500 mg/L) after 14 and 28 d of treatment. After 14 d, higher LAS doses (50–100 mg/L) significantly reduced the growth of M. spicatum compared with controls. Plants died at 500 mg/L LAS. Chlorophyll a and total chlorophyll contents were markedly increased at higher doses of LAS (10–100 mg/L). Significantly enhanced peroxidase (POD) activity was found at 50 mg/L of LAS, and decreased superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity at 100 mg/L of LAS; other indices showed no significant changes under LAS stress. After 28 d, no significant effect was observed on the growth of plants exposed to LAS doses of 0.1 to 100 mg/L, whereas plants died at 500 mg/L LAS. Compared with controls. SOD activity increased significantly at 0.1 mg/L LAS and maintained the same level as controls at higher concentrations. At all LAS exposures, POD activity was higher than that of controls. Other indices for M. spicatum were not remarkably changed at 28 d. Our results indicate that the oxidative damage to M. spicatum caused by LAS stress after 28 d is clearly less than such damage at 14 d. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;38:2073–2081. © 2019 SETAC.