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Biological and Geological Department, Faculty of Education, Suez Canal University, Suez, Egypt
Abstract
The present study intended to compare the efficiency of the wetland plants Phragmites australis (cav.)
Trin. ex Steudel and Cyperus papyrus L. for the accumulation of heavy metals. Maximum accumulation
of the heavy metals Pb (132.5-175 μg/g DW), Zn (97.5-100 μg/g DW) and Cr (80.5-90 μg/g DW) was
recorded in roots of the two wetland plants C. papyrus and P. australis, respectively. Cadmium showed
the lowest metal accumulation in the tissues of both plants (0.55-5.5 μg/g DW). C. papyrus roots
accumulated higher levels of most metals than those of P. australis. Heavy metals were shown to be not
only accumulated in roots of both plants but also were translocated to the shoots and accumulated in the
harvestable plant parts. The results showed variation in the levels of the heavy metals accumulated in the
different parts of C. papyrus and P. australis, in spite of being planted at the same site and subjected to
the same conditions. The potential use of Phragmites australis and Cyperus papyrus in phytoremediation
is also discussed
Dewedar, A., Khafagi, I., Abu-Seadah, A., & Rashad, A. E. (2018). Comparative Efficiency of Cyperus papyrus and Phragmites australis for Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals. Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(2), 37-42.
MLA
Ahmed Dewedar; Ishrak Khafagi; Akram Abu-Seadah; Alaa El-Din Rashad. "Comparative Efficiency of Cyperus papyrus and Phragmites australis for Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals", Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1, 2, 2018, 37-42.
HARVARD
Dewedar, A., Khafagi, I., Abu-Seadah, A., Rashad, A. E. (2018). 'Comparative Efficiency of Cyperus papyrus and Phragmites australis for Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals', Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(2), pp. 37-42.
VANCOUVER
Dewedar, A., Khafagi, I., Abu-Seadah, A., Rashad, A. E. Comparative Efficiency of Cyperus papyrus and Phragmites australis for Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals. Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2018; 1(2): 37-42.
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