Biologia plantarum 43:583-585, 2000 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1002806822988

Concentrations of Trace Metals in Dominant Aquatic Plants of the Lake Provala (Vojvodina, Yugoslavia)

Ž. Stanković1, S. Pajević1,*, M. Vučković1, S. Stojanović2
1 Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
2 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

The trace metal (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd, Sr, and Cr) contents in the most common submerged and floating aquatic plants Ceratophyllum demersum L., Myriophyllum spicatum L., and Nymphoides flava Hill. of Provala Lake were evaluated. Considerable higher contents of iron, manganese, zinc, nickel, lead and strontium were found in submerged species than in the floating ones. The presence of cadmium and lead in plant tissues points to a certain degree of lake water pollution.

Keywords: Ceratophyllum demersum; macrophytes; Myriophyllum spicatum; Nymphoides flava
Subjects: aquatic macrophytes, trace metals; cadmium, aquatic macrophytes; Ceratophyllum demersum; chromium, aquatic macrophytes; copper, aquatic macrophytes; iron, aquatic macrophytes; lead, aquatic macrophytes; manganese, aquatic macrophytes; Miriophyllum spicatum; nickel, aquatic macrophytes; Nyphoides flava; pollution, Cd, Pb, lake water, aquatic macrophytes; strontium, aquatic macrophytes; trace metals, aquatic macrophytes; zinc, aquatic macrophytes

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Stanković, Ž., Pajević, S., Vučković, M., & Stojanović, S. (2000). Concentrations of Trace Metals in Dominant Aquatic Plants of the Lake Provala (Vojvodina, Yugoslavia). Biologia plantarum, 43(4), 583-585. doi: 10.1023/A:1002806822988.
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