Levels of heavy metals in wetland and marine vascular plants and their biomonitoring potential: A comparative assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 576, Issue , 2017, Pages 796-806

  Bonanno, Giuseppe ^a   Borg, Joseph A ^b   Di Martino, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Heavy metals; Macrophytes; Mediterranean Sea; Seagrasses; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; MACROPHYTES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

WETLANDS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAVY METAL; MACROPHYTE; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VASCULAR PLANT; WETLAND;

APIUM; APIUM NODIFLORUM; ARTICLE; ARUNDO DONAX; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMICRYTOPHYTE; HYDROPHYTE; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PLANT TISSUE; POACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SEDIMENT; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; WATERCRESS; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; SICILY; WATER POLLUTANT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARUNDO DONAX; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; HELOSCIADIUM NODIFLORUM; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; POACEAE; SICILY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84993996095     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.171     Document Type: Article

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