Uptake of Cd, Pb, U, and Zn by plants in floodplain pollution hotspots contributes to secondary contamination.
Autor: | Matys Grygar T; Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 01, Řež, Czech Republic. grygar@iic.cas.cz., Faměra M; Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 01, Řež, Czech Republic., Hošek M; Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 250 01, Řež, Czech Republic.; Faculty of Environment, J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí and Labem, Pasteurova 3632/15, ,400 96, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic., Elznicová J; Faculty of Environment, J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí and Labem, Pasteurova 3632/15, ,400 96, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic., Rohovec J; Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 269, 165 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic., Matoušková Š; Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 269, 165 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic., Navrátil T; Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 269, 165 00, Prague 6, Czech Republic. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2021 Oct; Vol. 28 (37), pp. 51183-51198. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 12. |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-021-14331-5 |
Abstrakt: | Willows, woody plants of genus Salix common in floodplains of temperate regions, act as plant pumps and translocate the Cd and Zn in the soil profiles of uncontaminated and weakly contaminated floodplains from the sediment bulk to the top strata. We suggest this process occurs because the Cd and Zn concentrations in willow leaves exceed those in the sediments. Senescing foliage of plant species common in floodplains can increase the Cd and Zn ratios as compared to other elements (Pb and common 'lithogenic elements' such as Al) in the top strata of all floodplains, including those that have been severely contaminated. The top enrichment is caused by the root uptake of specific elements by growing plants, which is followed by foliage deposition. Neither the shallow groundwater nor the plant foliage shows that Cd, Zn, and Pb concentrations are related to those in the sediments, but they clearly reflect the shallow groundwater pH, with the risk element mobilised by the acidity that is typical for the subsurface sediments in floodplains. The effect that plants have on the Pb in floodplains is significantly lower than that observed for Cd and Zn, while U can be considered even less mobile than Pb. Groundwater and plant leaves can contribute to secondary contamination with Cd and Zn from floodplain pollution hotspots, meaning that plants can accumulate these elements on the floodplain surface or even return them back to the fluvial transport, even if bank erosion would not occur. For Pb and U at the sites studied, these risks were negligible. (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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