scholarly journals Variability of heavy metal concentrations in waters of fishponds affected by the former lead and zinc mine in Southern Poland

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
EWA SZAREK-GWIAZDA ◽  
DARIUSZ CISZEWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Concentrations ◽  
Heavy Metal Concentrations ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Lead And Zinc ◽  
Zinc Mine ◽  
Lead And Zinc Mine

Phyto- and zooplankton in fishponds contaminated with heavy metal runoff from a lead-zinc mine

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak ◽  
Agnieszka Pociecha ◽  
Dariusz Ciszewski ◽  
Urszula Aleksander-Kwaterczak ◽  
Edward Walusiak
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Contamination ◽  
Heavy Metal Contamination ◽  
Zooplankton Species ◽  
Mine Waters ◽  
Lead And Zinc ◽  
Lead Zinc ◽  
Zinc Mine ◽  
Lead And Zinc Mine ◽  
Planktonic Communities

AbstractThis investigation focused on plankton inhabiting fishponds, which previously received mine waters from the lead-zinc mine ‘Matylda’, located in southern Poland (Upper Silesia). The purpose of the investigation was to study the effects of chronic and persistent contamination of fishpond bottom sediments with heavy metals originated from the lead and zinc mine. The phyto-and zooplankton in the four fishponds were dominated by diatoms, green algae and rotifers. Plankton composition of the reference non-contaminated pond was different, since Chrysophytes dominated, and Copepoda were the most numerous among zooplankton. In the contaminated fishponds, we observed teratological forms, both for phyto-and zooplankton species, but only as individuals. Our results showed that planktonic communities had adapted to chronic and persistent heavy metal contamination.

Phytoremediation Ability of the New Heavy Metal Accumulator Plants

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fariba; Mohsenzadeh ◽  
Roghayeh; Mohammadzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Absorption Spectrometry ◽  
Control Area ◽  
Polluted Soils ◽  
Mine Area ◽  
Conium Maculatum ◽  
Aerial Parts ◽  
Lead And Zinc ◽  
Zinc Mine ◽  
Lead And Zinc Mine

Abstract Environmental pollution with heavy metals is a global disaster. This study investigated metal-accumulating ability of plants growing in a lead and zinc mine area located in Hamedan, Iran. Three dominant plants, including Conium maculatum, Stachys inflata, and Reseda lutea, were collected, and the concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, and Zn in the aerial parts of the plants and in the soils, collected from the mine area and out of the mine, were measured via atomic absorption spectrometry. The concentrations of all the metals in the soil of the mine were greater than the control area (1 km out of mine area); Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, and Cd were 120, 17, 17, 2.6, and 40 times higher than in the control area, respectively. In the studied plants, Pb and Zn were the highest in C. maculatum (1,200 and 820 mg kg−1, respectively). The highest concentrations of Cu, Ni, and Cd were in S. inflata (140, 96, and 20 mg kg−1, respectively). Phytoremediation tests were done using experimental pots, and results indicate that the plant species are effective accumulator plants for the phytoremediation of heavy metal–polluted soils. Specifically, C. maculatum was effective in removing Pb and Zn, S. inflata was effective in reducing Ni, and R. lutea was effective in reducing Cu.

Heavy metal concentrations in roadside soils of Lithuania's highways

Geologija ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audronė Jankaitė ◽  
Pranas Baltrėnas ◽  
Agnė Kazlauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Roadside Soils ◽  
Metal Concentrations ◽  
Heavy Metal Concentrations
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