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COMPARISON OF HEAVY METALS IN AQUATIC PLANTS ON CHARITY ISLAND, SAGINAW BAY, LAKE HURON, U.S.A., WITH PLANTS ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SAGINAW BAY
Author(s) -
Estabrook George F.,
Burk David W.,
Inman Dennis R.,
Kaufman Peter B.,
Wells James R.,
Jones John D.,
Ghosheh Najati
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1985.tb08285.x
Subject(s) - bay , shore , heavy metals , aquatic plant , pollution , oceanography , aquatic ecosystem , environmental science , water pollution , environmental chemistry , ecology , fishery , biology , geology , chemistry , macrophyte
The concentrations of 15 heavy metals in aquatic plants on Charity Island was compared to those in plants on the shoreline of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron, U.S.A. Heavy metal concentrations were measured by neutron activation analysis. Charity Island was found to have significantly higher levels of nine of fifteen metals investigated. This indicates that distance from known pollution source was not the only factor affecting the heavy metal accumulation of the aquatic plants.