Trace element accumulation in aquatic plants: a literature review
Trace elements in sediments and its overlying waters are important constituents of an aquatic plant ecosystem. This review was undertaken to evaluate trace element accumulation in aquatic plants and ascertain to what extent sediment and its overlying waters play in trace element accumulation by aquatic plant species. Aquatic vascular plants tend to accumulate trace elements in relation to the trace element concentration of the water body and sediment in which they are grown and the extent of exposure to the water body. Trace element composition of bryophytes and algae is also closely related to composition of their aquatic environment. It is increasingly apparent that sediments and overlying waters alter the bioavailability of trace elements to aquatic plants in both natural and artificial water bodies, particularly where industrial and agricultural waters are discharged into waterways.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Riverside (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5876657
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8805159-
- Journal Information:
- Trace Subst. Environ. Health; (United States), Vol. 12; Conference: 22. annual conference on trace substances in environmental health, St. Louis, MO, USA, 23-26 May 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ELEMENTS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
PLANTS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
SEDIMENTS
CONTAMINATION
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY
REVIEWS
TRACE AMOUNTS
WATER POLLUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOSYSTEMS
POLLUTION
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