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Uptake and Distribution of Trace Elements in Dominant Mangrove Plants of the Indian Sundarban Wetland

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Absorption, accumulation and translocation of 12 trace elements in nine dominant mangrove plants in the Indian Sundarban Wetland revealed both organ-specific and site-specific characteristics. An overall enrichment of elements was recorded in rhizosediment, exceeding the prescribed effects range-low (ER-L) of consensus based sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) for Cu and Pb. Avicennia officinalis, A. alba, Ceriops decandra and Excoecaria agallocha exhibited unique potential for accumulating Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Mn and Zn and could be considered efficient accumulators. Maximum element accumulation in trunk bark (As 6.16, Cr 49.9, Co 2.67, Cu 91.00 and Zn 85.5 mg kg−1) and root/pneumatophore (Al 1000 and Fe 2430 mg kg−1) was recorded. Maximum bioconcentration factor (6.23) in A. officinalis and translocation factor (17.5 for Mn) in C. decandra distinguished their phytoremediation capacity. These halophytes could be used for trace element phytoremediation in stressed sites of Sundarban.

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Acknowledgments

This study was sponsored jointly by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (Sanction number 38 (1296)/11/EMR-II) and SUDOE Interreg IV B programme through the ORQUE SUDOE 611 (Ref. SOE3/P2/F591/5) Project and the Basque Government through Consolidated Research 612 Group Project 2013–2018 (Ref. IT-742-13). Ranju Chowdhury, one of the coauthors, expresses sincere thanks to CSIR for extending her fellowship. A. Rodriguez, the first author of the paper, is grateful to the UPV/EHU for his pre-doctoral fellowship.

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  1. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, P.O. Box 644, 48080, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

    Azibar Rodríguez-Iruretagoiena, Ainara Gredilla, Silvia Fdez-Ortiz deVallejuelo, Alberto de Diego, Gorka Arana & Juan Manuel Madariaga

  2. Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Calcutta, 700019, India

    Ranju Chowdhury & Santosh Kumar Sarkar

  3. Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University, Salem, 636 011, Tamil Nadu, India

    Perumal Venkatachalam

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Rodríguez-Iruretagoiena, A., Chowdhury, R., Gredilla, A. et al. Uptake and Distribution of Trace Elements in Dominant Mangrove Plants of the Indian Sundarban Wetland. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 97, 721–727 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1919-z

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