title: Organophosphorus and Organochlorine Pesticides Bioaccumulation by Eichhornia crassipes in Irrigation Canals in an Urban Agricultural System.
abstract: A natural wetland in Mexico City Metropolitan Area is one of the main suppliers of crops and flowers, and in consequence its canals hold a high concentration of organochlorine (OC) and organophosphorus (OP) pesticides. There is also an extensive population of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), which is considered a plague; but literature suggests water hyacinth may be used as a phytoremediator. This study demonstrates bioaccumulation difference for the OC in vivo suggesting their bioaccumulation is ruled by their log K(ow), while all the OP showed bioaccumulation regardless of their log K(ow). The higher bioaccumulation factors (BAF) of the accumulated OC pesticides cannot be explained by their log K(ow), suggesting that the OC pesticides may also be transported passively into the plant. Translocation ratios showed that water hyacinth is an accumulating plant with phytoremediation potential for all organophosphorus pesticides studied and some organochlorine pesticides. An equation for free water surface wetlands with floating macrophytes, commonly used for the construction of water-cleaning wetlands, showed removal of the pesticides by the wetland with room for improvement with appropriate management.
authors.affiliation: a Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Delegación Coyoacán , D.F. , México.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Mercado-Borrayo
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cram Heydrich
authors.forename: Irma Rosas
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández Quiroz
authors.forename: Claudia Ponce
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: De León Hill
mesh_terms: D057914:Agricultural Irrigation; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002947:Cities; D031806:Eichhornia / Q000378:metabolism*; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000378:metabolism*; D008800:Mexico; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000378:metabolism*; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Eichhornia crassipes; Xochimilco; organochlorine pesticides; organophosphorus pesticides; phytoremediation; wetland