Interactions between salt marsh plants and Cu nanoparticles–effects on metal uptake and phytoremediation processes
F Andreotti, AP Mucha, C Caetano, P Rodrigues… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
F Andreotti, AP Mucha, C Caetano, P Rodrigues, CR Gomes, CMR Almeida
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2015•ElsevierThe increased use of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) raises the probability of finding NPs in the
environment. A lot of information exists already regarding interactions between plants and
metals, but information regarding interactions between metallic NPs and plants, including
salt marsh plants, is still lacking. This work aimed to study interactions between CuO NPs
and the salt marsh plants Halimione portulacoides and Phragmites australis. In addition, the
potential of these plants for phytoremediation of Cu NPs was evaluated. Plants were …
environment. A lot of information exists already regarding interactions between plants and
metals, but information regarding interactions between metallic NPs and plants, including
salt marsh plants, is still lacking. This work aimed to study interactions between CuO NPs
and the salt marsh plants Halimione portulacoides and Phragmites australis. In addition, the
potential of these plants for phytoremediation of Cu NPs was evaluated. Plants were …
Abstract
The increased use of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) raises the probability of finding NPs in the environment. A lot of information exists already regarding interactions between plants and metals, but information regarding interactions between metallic NPs and plants, including salt marsh plants, is still lacking.
This work aimed to study interactions between CuO NPs and the salt marsh plants Halimione portulacoides and Phragmites australis. In addition, the potential of these plants for phytoremediation of Cu NPs was evaluated.
Plants were exposed for 8 days to sediment elutriate solution doped either with CuO or with ionic Cu. Afterwards, total metal concentrations were determined in plant tissues.
Both plants accumulated Cu in their roots, but this accumulation was 4 to 10 times lower when the metal was added in NP form. For P. australis, metal translocation occurred when the metal was added either in ionic or in NP form, but for H. portulacoides no metal translocation was observed when NPs were added to the medium. Therefore, interactions between plants and NPs differ with the plant species.
These facts should be taken in consideration when applying these plants for phytoremediation of contaminated sediments in estuaries, as the environmental management of these very important ecological areas can be affected.
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