Effects of heavy metals absorbed from water on the laser-induced fluorescence in Elodea densa.
Comparative rates of absorption of copper, lead, cadmium, nickel, tin, and inorganic and methylmercury ions from water by Elodea densa were measured. Methylmercury, at relatively low tissue concentrations, was the only ion that quenched the laser-induced fluorescence.
D000042:Absorption; D007834:Lasers; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism*; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
D008670:Metals; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical