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Role of Aquatic Macrophytes in Biogeochemical Cycling of Heavy Metals, Relevance to Soil-Sediment Continuum Detoxification and Ecosystem Health

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The wetland sediments and soils of floodplains play an important role in the biogeocycling of heavy metals. Aquatic macrophytes are important components of wetland ecosystems. Here, the role of aquatic macrophytes in metal dynamics in wetland sediments is presented. The mechanisms of tolerance to metals in aquatic plants, including metal immobilization, chelation, translocation, and metabolic adaptations, are reviewed based on selected examples from the recent literature. The role of both photosynthetic activity and competitive/synergistic effects of the elements available to aquatic macrophytes in the circulation and deposition of metals are discussed in terms of the functioning of wetland ecosystems and phytoremediation.

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Acknowledgments

This paper was prepared in the frames of European Regional Development Fund: the Polish Innovation Economy Operational Program (contract No. POIG.02.01.00-12-167/08, project Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology) and was financially supported by the Statutory Funds of the Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University.

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    Przemysław Malec, Beata Mysliwa-Kurdziel, Andrzej Waloszek & Kazimierz Strzałka

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Prof. C.R. Rao Road, Gachhibowli, Central University P.O., Hyderabad, 500 046, India

    M. N. V. Prasad

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Malec, P., Mysliwa-Kurdziel, B., Prasad, M.N.V., Waloszek, A., Strzałka, K. (2011). Role of Aquatic Macrophytes in Biogeochemical Cycling of Heavy Metals, Relevance to Soil-Sediment Continuum Detoxification and Ecosystem Health. In: Sherameti, I., Varma, A. (eds) Detoxification of Heavy Metals. Soil Biology, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21408-0_18

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