Variation of nutrient and metal concentrations in aquatic macrophytes along the Rio Cachoeira in Bahia (Brazil)

被引：59

作者：

Klumpp, A ^{[1
]}

Bauer, K ^{[1
]}

Franz-Gerstein, C ^{[1
]}

de Menezes, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hohenheim, Inst Landschafts & Pflanzenokol 320, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany

来源：

ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL | 2002年 / 28卷 / 03期

关键词：

water pollution; heavy metals; eutrophication; macrophytes; bioindicator; Brazil;

D O I：

10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00026-0

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The use of cuprous fungicides in cocoa reduction in the southern part of the state of Bahia (Brazil) for decades has caused an accumulation of copper in various components of the cocoa plantations, and a contamination of regional freshwater ecosystems is suspected. Urban and industrial sources are supposed to contribute to water pollution and eutrophication of the Rio Cachoeira, the main river in this region. In order to study the metal contamination and nutritional status of this freshwater ecosystem, samples of the aquatic macrophytes Eichhornia crassipes and Pistia stratiotes were collected at seven sites along the river course. The samples were analysed for their copper, aluminium, chromium, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations. The levels of heavy metals increased in the downstream direction, particularly in the roots of water hyacinth, A dramatic increase of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in water as well as in plant tissues was found in samples collected downstream from the city of Itabuna. Metal input and eutrophication were attributed to agricultural, industrial and urban sources in the region. Biomonitoring of the water quality using aquatic macrophytes as accumulative indicator plants is recommended in addition to chemical water analyses. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：165 / 171

页数：7

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