Eutrophication of Lake Tasaul,Romania—proposals for rehabilitation |
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Authors: | Alexandrov Mihaela Laurenta Bloesch Jrg |
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Institution: | Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture, 48 Boulevard Vauban, 59046, Lille cedex, France. g.bidar@isa-lille.fr |
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Abstract: | Background, aim, and scope The reclamation of nonferrous metal-polluted soil by phytoremediation requires an overall and permanent plant cover. To select
the most suitable plant species, it is necessary to study metal effects on plants over the time, thereby checking that metals
remain stored in root systems and not transferred to aerial parts. In this purpose, the seasonal and annual variations of
metal bioaccumulation, transfer, and phytotoxicity in Trifolium repens and Lolium perenne grown in a Cd-, Pb-, and Zn-contaminated soil were also studied.
Materials and methods The experimental site was located near a closed smelter. In spring 2004, two areas were sown with T. repens and L. perenne, respectively. Thereafter, the samplings of plant roots and shoots and surrounding soils were realized in autumn 2004 and
spring and autumn 2005. The soil agronomic characteristics, the Cd, Pb, and Zn concentrations in the surrounded soils and
plant organs, as well as the oxidative alterations (superoxide dismutase SOD], malondialdehyde MDA], and 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine
8-OHdG]) in plant organs were carried out.
Results Whatever the sampling period, metal concentrations in soils and plants were higher than background values. Contrary to the
soils, the fluctuations of metal concentrations were observed in plant organs over the time. Bioaccumulation and transfer
factors confirmed that metals were preferentially accumulated in the roots as follows: Cd>Zn>Pb, and their transfer to shoots
was limited. Foliar metal deposition was also observed. The results showed that there were seasonal and annual variations
of metal accumulation in the two studied plant species. These variations differed according to the organs and followed nearly
the same pattern for the two species. Oxidative alterations were observed in plant organs with regard to SOD antioxidant activities,
MDA, and 8-OHdG concentrations. These alterations vary according to the temporal variations of metal concentrations.
Discussion Metal concentrations in surrounded soils and plant organs showed the effective contamination by industrial dust emissions.
Metals absorbed by plants were mainly stored in the roots. With regard to this storage, the plants seemed to limit the metal
transfer to their aerial parts over the time, thereby indicating their availability for metal phytostabilization. Aerial deposition
was another source of plant exposure to nonferrous metals. Despite the occurrence of metal-induced oxidative alterations in
plant organs, both plant species seemed to tolerate a high metal concentration in soils.
Conclusions Taken together, these results indicated that T. repens and L. perenne were able to form a plant cover on highly Cd-, Pb-, and Zn-polluted soils, to limit the metal transfer to their aerial parts
and were relatively metal-tolerant. All these characteristics made them suitable for phytostabilization on metal-contaminated
soils. These findings also highlighted the necessity to take into account seasonal and annual variations for a future phytomanagement.
Recommendations and perspectives In this work, the behavior of plant species grown in metal-polluted soil has been studied during 2 years. Obviously, this
time is too short to ensure that metals remain accumulated in the root system and few are transferred in aerial parts over
the time. It is why regular monitoring should be achieved during more than a decade after the settlement of the plant cover.
This work will be completed by the study of the T. repens and L. perenne effects on mobility of metals in order to evaluate the quantities of pollutants which could be absorbed by the biota and
transferred to groundwater. Bioaccessibility tests could be also realized on polluted soils in order to evaluate the phytostabilization
impacts on the exposition risks for humans. |
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Keywords: | Bioaccumulation factors L perenne Nonferrous metal-contaminated soil Oxidative stress Phytostabilization Seasonal and annual variations T repens Transfer factors |
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