title: Bioaccumulation kinetics and toxic effects of Cr, Ni and Zn on Eichhornia crassipes.
abstract: The aim of this work was to assess the uptake efficiencies, the uptake and bioaccumulation kinetics and the toxic effects of Cr, Ni and Zn on Eichhornia crassipes. Plants were exposed to 1 mg L(-1) of each metal and sampled during 30 days. E. crassipes removed 81%, 95% and 70% of Cr, Ni and Zn, respectively. Metal removal from water involved a fast and a slow component. Metals were accumulated fundamentally by roots. Cr was scarcely translocated to aerial parts. In these tissues, Ni showed the highest accumulation amount while Zn presented the highest accumulation rate. Metal toxicity on the biomass was different among treatments. However, biomass did not decrease in any case. All the studied metals produced chlorophyll decrease. The root cross-sectional area (CSA) and vessel number increased and the root length decreased when plants were exposed to Zn. Despite the toxic effects, E. crassipes accumulated Cr, Ni and Zn efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Química Analítica, Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Santiago del Estero 2829 (3000), Santa Fe, Argentina. hhadad@fiq.unl.edu.ar
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Hadad
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Maine
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mufarrege
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Del Sastre
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Di Luca
mesh_terms: D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002857:Chromium / Q000494:pharmacology; D031806:Eichhornia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D007700:Kinetics; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009532:Nickel / Q000494:pharmacology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D002857:Chromium; D002734:Chlorophyll; D009532:Nickel; D015032:Zinc