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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 70, Issue 8, Pages 1414-1421Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.09.016
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remediation; pesticides; copper; water; macrophyte; chlorophyll fluorescence
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Pesticides are being detected in water bodies on an increasingly frequent basis. The present study focused on the phytoremediation potential of selected aquatic plants to remove phytosanitary products from contaminated water. We investigated the uptake capacity of Lemna minor (L. minor), Elodea canadensis (E canadensis) and Cabomba aquatica (C aquatica) on three pesticides: copper sulphate (fungicide), flazasulfuron (herbicide) and dimethomorph (fungicide). Pesticide toxicity was evaluated by exposing plants to five concentrations (0-1 mg L-1) in culture media for 7 d using chlorophyll fluorescence as a biomarker. The toxicity of the contaminants was the same for all the aquatic plants studied and occurred in this descending order of toxicity: flazasulfuron > copper > dimethomorph. We found that L. minor had the most efficient uptake capacity, followed by E canadensis and then C aquatica. The maximum removal rate (mu g g(-1) fresh weight d(-1)) of copper, flazasulfuron and dimethomorph was 30, 27 and 11, respectively. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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