Heavy metals in water, sediments and wetland plants in an aquatic ecosystem of tropical industrial region, India
Heavy metals in water, sediments and wetland plants in an aquatic ecosystem of tropical industrial region, India
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DOI:
10.1007/s10661-008-0595-9
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发表时间:
2009-11
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3
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P. Rai
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P. Rai
Concentrations of heavy metals (Cu, Cr, Fe, Pb, Zn, Hg, Ni, and Cd) and macronutrients (Mn) were measured in industrial effluents, water, bottom sediments, and wetland plants from a reservoir, Govind Ballabh (G.B.) Pant Sagar, in Singrauli Industrial region, India. The discharge point of a thermal power plant, a coal mine, and chlor-alkali effluent into the G.B. Pant Sagar were selected as sampling sites with one reference site in order to compare the findings. The concentrations of heavy metals in filtered water, sieved sediment samples (0.4–63 μm), and wetland plants were determined with particle-induced X-ray emission. The collected plants wereAponogeton natans, L. Engl. & Krause,Cyperus rotundus, L.,Hydrilla verticillata, (L.f.) Royle,Ipomoea aquatica, Forssk.,Marsilea quadrifolia, L.,Potamogeton pectinatus, L.,Eichhornia crassipes, (Mart.) Solms Monogr.,Lemna minor, L.,Spirodela polyrhiza(L.) Schleid. Linnaea,Azolla pinnata, R.Br.,Vallisneria spiralis, L., andPolygonum amphibium, L. In general, metal concentration showed a significant positive correlation between industrial effluent, lake water, and lake sediment (p< 0.01). Likewise, significant positive correlation was recorded with metals concentration in plants and lake ambient, which further indicated the potential of aforesaid set of wetland macrophytes for pollution monitoring.