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Concentrations of Trace Metals in Dominant Aquatic Plants of the Lake Provala (Vojvodina, Yugoslavia)

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The trace metal (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cd, Sr, and Cr) contents in the most common submerged and floating aquatic plants Ceratophyllum demersum L., Myriophyllum spicatum L., and Nymphoides flava Hill. of Provala Lake were evaluated. Considerable higher contents of iron, manganese, zinc, nickel, lead and strontium were found in submerged species than in the floating ones. The presence of cadmium and lead in plant tissues points to a certain degree of lake water pollution.

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  1. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, YU-21000, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

    Ž. Stanković, S. Pajević & M. Vučković

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, YU-21000, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

    S. Stojanović

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Stanković, Ž., Pajević, S., Vučković, M. et al. Concentrations of Trace Metals in Dominant Aquatic Plants of the Lake Provala (Vojvodina, Yugoslavia). Biologia Plantarum 43, 583–585 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002806822988

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