Metal burdens in two species of fiddleheads growing near the ore smelters at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Journal Article
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· Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)
- Laurentian Univ., Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
The usefulness of selected plant species as potential bioindicators of environmental metal pollution has been clearly demonstrated. High levels of contamination within soils of the Sudbury, Ontario region are characteristically reflected in elevated plant burdens reported for the area. Previous studies investigating plant uptake of metals from Sudbury-area soils have been complicated, however, by the contribution of direct atmospheric deposition onto the foliage. The present study examines metal burdens in two fern species, Interrupted fern and Ostrich fern, resulting solely via root uptake from the soil, thus seeking to assess the indirect influences of the Sudbury-area smelters. The above condition was ensured by collecting the ferns immediately after appearance in the spring while they were still tightly curled and protected from aerial contamination of by the external wooly pubescence.
- OSTI ID:
- 7098654
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Journal Name: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA) Vol. 40:6; ISSN 0007-4861; ISSN BECTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CANADA
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
FERNS
IRON COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LEAD COMPOUNDS
METALS
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
ONTARIO
ORE PROCESSING
PLANTS
POLLUTION
PROCESSING
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SMELTERS
SPECTROSCOPY
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
UPTAKE
ZINC COMPOUNDS
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CANADA
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
FERNS
IRON COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LEAD COMPOUNDS
METALS
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
ONTARIO
ORE PROCESSING
PLANTS
POLLUTION
PROCESSING
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SMELTERS
SPECTROSCOPY
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
UPTAKE
ZINC COMPOUNDS