Open AccessEffects of the Urea and Heavy Metals (Ni2+ and Cu2+) Higher Concentrations on Aquatic Macrophytes (Egeria densa Planch. as a Study Case)
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
vodnoe hozâjstvo rossii: problemy, tehnologii, upravlenie/vodnoe hozâjstvo rossii : problemy, tehnologii, upravlenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-8253
pISSN - 1999-4508
DOI - 10.35567/1999-4508-2015-1-5
Subject(s) - macrophyte , aquatic plant , urea , chemistry , botany , hydrocharitaceae , photosynthesis , lipid peroxidation , hatching , environmental chemistry , biology , antioxidant , zoology , ecology , biochemistry
Urea and heavy metals (Ni2+ and Cu2+) higher concentration infl uence on the photosynthetic pigments’ content, lipids peroxidation intensity and urease ferments activity in the submerged aquatic macrophyte – Egeria densa Planch. have been studied. It has been shown that addition of metals to the medium with urea tends to strengthen its toxic effect upon plants. It has been found that four-day long hatching of plants in the medium with urea and nickel lead to the oxidative stress development in Canada water weed leaves. Copper concentration equal to 100 mkmol/l appeared to be lethal for plants.