title: A study on the phytoaccumulation of waste elements in wetland plants of a Ramsar site in India.
abstract: Some wetland plant species are adapted to growing in the areas of higher metal concentrations. Use of such vegetation in remediation of soil and water contaminated with heavy metals is a promising cost-effective alternative to the more established treatment methods. Throughout the year, composite industrial effluents bringing various kinds of heavy metals contaminate our study site, the East Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar site at the eastern fringe of Kolkata city (formerly Calcutta), India. In the present study, possible measures for remediation of contaminated soil and water (with elements namely, Ca, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Mn, and Fe) of the ecosystem had been investigated. Ten common regional wetland plant species were selected to study their efficiency and diversity in metal uptake and accumulation. Results showed that Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) had the highest total Cr concentration (6,601 ± 33 mg kg( -1) dw). The extent of accumulation of various elements in ten common wetland plants of the study sites was: Pb (4.4-57 mg kg( -1) dw), Cu (6.2-39 mg kg( -1) dw), Zn (59-364 mg kg( -1) dw), Mn (87-376 mg kg( -1) dw), Fe (188-8,625 mg kg( -1) dw), Ca (969-3,756 mg kg( -1) dw), and Cr (27-660 mg kg( -1) dw) indicating an uptake gradient of elements by plants as Ca>Fe>Mn>Cr>Zn>Cu>Pb. The present study indicates the importance of identification and efficiency of metal uptake and accumulation capabilities by plants in relation to their applications in remediation of a contaminated East Calcutta Wetland ecosystem.
authors.affiliation: Defence Research Laboratory, Post Bag No. 02, Tezpur 784001, Assam, India. drlsoumya@gmail.com
authors.forename: Soumya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Mridul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chetia
authors.forename: Lokendra
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Buddhadeb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Siddhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D031744:Cynodon / Q000378:metabolism; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007194:India; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
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