Mercury bioaccumulation in the aquatic plant Elodea nuttallii in the field and in microcosm: Accumulation in shoots from the water might involve copper transporters

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 595-602

  Regier, Nicole ^a   Larras, Floriane ^a   Bravo, Andrea Garcia ^a,b   Ungureanu, Viorel Gheorghe ^c   Amouroux, David ^d   Cosio, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Cu; Fate; Hg; Sediments; Submerged macrophyte

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; MERCURY (METAL); RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOMAGNIFICATION; ELODEA NUTTALLII; FATE; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION; SUBMERGED MACROPHYTE; UPTAKE MECHANISM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COPPER; MERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FIELDWORK; FOOD WEB; MACROPHYTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MICROCOSM; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; REMOBILIZATION; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHOOT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELODEA NUTTALLII; MACROPHYTE; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ROMANIA;

ELODEA NUTTALLII;

EID: 84869885332     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.08.043     Document Type: Article

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