Open AccessBioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Perennial Wetland Vegetation Components from a Sector of the Arges River
Author(s) -
Ecaterina Marcu,
Irina-Elena Ciobotaru,
Cristina Mele,
Alexandru Anton Ivanov,
Iasmina-Florina Burlacu,
Naimah Ibrahim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/616/1/012065
Subject(s) - bioaccumulation , environmental science , cadmium , environmental chemistry , wetland , aquatic ecosystem , pollutant , aquatic plant , heavy metals , bioindicator , environmental monitoring , macrophyte , environmental engineering , ecology , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry
The potential bioaccumulation of hazardous transitional heavy metals in components of the aquatic environment (such as water column, sedimentary matter, plants) constitutes one of the concerns in environmental protection engineering. This experimental investigative study used systematic measurements of the presence of selected heavy metals (cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc) in components of the aquatic environment to give an indication of their availability and their potential bioaccumulation in the perennial wetland plants. Through environmental quality data processing, this study allowed both the assessment of interphase partitioning constants of these metals throughout the analyzed aquatic environment and the estimation of their cumulative toxicity coëfficiënt. The data analysis highlighted the different potential degrees of dangers caused by metals as pollutants and the synergistic way in which they act on the aquatic environment.