Heavy metal pollution in aquaculture: sources, impacts and mitigation techniques

EC Emenike, KO Iwuozor, SU Anidiobi - Biological Trace Element …, 2021 - Springer
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing agro-industries as it presently accounts for nearly
50% of all fish for direct human consumption and 43% of total seafood supply. Fish provide …

From phytoremediation of soil contaminants to phytomanagement of ecosystem services in metal contaminated sites

A Burges, I Alkorta, L Epelde… - International journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Since the emergence of phytoremediation, much research has focused on its development
for (i) the removal of metals from soil and/or (ii) the reduction of metal bioavailability, mobility …

Leaching of heavy metals from abandoned mine tailings brought by precipitation and the associated environmental impact

P Wang, Z Sun, Y Hu, H Cheng - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abandoned tailings are one of the most important sources of heavy metal pollution in the
areas surrounding mining districts, and significant leaching of heavy metals could be …

Phytoremediation technology: hyper-accumulation metals in plants

PK Padmavathiamma, LY Li - Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2007 - Springer
This paper reviews key aspects of phytoremediation technology and the biological
mechanisms underlying phytoremediation. Current knowledge regarding the application of …

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in some commercially important fishes from a tropical river estuary suggests higher potential health risk in children than adults

ASS Ahmed, S Sultana, A Habib, H Ullah, N Musa… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The Karnaphuli River estuary, located in southeast coast of Bangladesh, is largely exposed
to heavy metal contamination as it receives a huge amount of untreated industrial effluents …

Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa

ES Festin, M Tigabu, MN Chileshe… - Journal of Forestry …, 2019 - Springer
Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose
serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result …

Gibberellic acid alleviates cadmium toxicity in rice by regulating NO accumulation and cell wall fixation capacity of cadmium

YS Liu, Y Tao, XZ Yang, YN Liu, RF Shen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gibberellic acid (GA) has been implicated in the response of plants to cadmium (Cd) stress,
but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In the present study, our aim was to confirm …

Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils Using the Perennial Energy Crops Miscanthus spp. and Arundo donax L.

B Barbosa, S Boléo, S Sidella, J Costa, MP Duarte… - BioEnergy …, 2015 - Springer
Giant reed (Arundo donax) and Miscanthus spp. were tested to evaluate their tolerance and
phytoremediation capacity in soils contaminated with heavy metals. Giant reed was tested …

Effects of combined amendments on heavy metal accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) planted on contaminated paddy soil

H Zhou, X Zhou, M Zeng, BH Liao, L Liu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Stabilization of heavy metals in situ was investigated. Two combined amendments (LS,
limestone+ sepiolite; HZ, hydroxyhistidine+ zeolite) were applied at ratios of 0.2%, 0.4 …

Heavy metals accumulation in suburban roadside plants of a tropical area (Jengka, Malaysia)

FR Sulaiman, HA Hamzah - Ecological processes, 2018 - Springer
Introduction This study aims to examine the uptake and translocation of Cd, Cu, Fe, and Pb
in different parts of three roadside plant species grown in the semi-urban of Jengka, Pahang …