Ostroumov S.A., Shestakova T.V. Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The phytoremediation potential // Doklady Biological Sciences. 2009, Vol. 428, No. 1, p. 444-447. [© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2009; Nauka/Interperiodica distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC] ISSN 0012-4966 (Print) 1608-3105 (Online); DOI10.1134/S0012496609050159; http://www.springerlink.com/content/ml1062k7271l318n/ http://www.maikonline.com/maik/showArticle.do?auid=VAFZC61RXH&lang=en Using the method of inversion voltamperometry, the concentrations of the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb were measured in the water of the experimental microcosms. Aquatic macrophytes Ceratophyllum demersum were incubated in some of the microcosms. The measured concentrations of all four metals decreased in the microcosms with macrophytes much faster than in the control microcosms without any macrophytes. The new data contribute to the scientific basis of innovative phytotechnology (phytoremediation) for treatment of polluted water and improving water quality. Translated from the Russian original text: Decreasing in the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb in the water of the experimental systems with Ceratophyllum demersum: phytoremediation potential // Doklady Akademii Nauk. 2009, vol. 428, No. 2, p. 282–285. Bibliogr. 15 refs. --KEY WORDS: improving water quality, heavy metals, copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, chemical contamination of the aquatic environment, innovative methods of waste water treatment, phytoremediation, macrophytes, higher aquatic plants, pollution control, phytotechnology, new environmental technology, environmental biotechnology, microcosms, anodic inversion voltamperometry, coontail, hornwort, Ceratophyllum demersum, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, pollutants, xenobiotics, contaminants, biological effects, phytotoxicity, aquatic ecotoxicology, environmental biogeochemistry, geochemical ecology, allowable load of pollutants, allowable discharges, anthropogenic impacts, the role of biota in self-purification of water, water systems, maximum permissible concentration, MPC, water bodies, drinking-water, sustainable use of water, using water for cultural, domestic, municipal, laundry purposes, standards of water quality, sanitary-hygienic safety, environmental safety, ponds, streams, detecting metals; aquatic medium; drinking water, maximum allowable concentrations, MACs, domestic/potable, public water consumption; the Moskva River flood plain, Odintsovo raion, Moscow oblast, region, V.I. Vernadsky’s theory of the biosphere;
Decreasing the measurable concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in the water of the experimental systems containing Ceratophyllum demersum: The phytoremediation potential // Doklady Biological Sciences. 2009, Vol. 428, No. 1, p. 444-447