Metal Contamination Characteristics of Lepidium sativum in a Phosphate-, Saline-, and Nitrate-Contaminated Media
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 11
Abstract
In this research we investigated the ability of cress seeds (Lepidium sativum L.) to grow in an aqueous media with metal toxicities. The toxicity of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn ions were examined in blank, nitrate –, phosphate –, and saline (NaCl)–contaminated media. The acute toxicity of the tested metal ions in the blank media according to their IC50 (50% inhibitory concentration) values increased on the order of . The effect of the different contaminations on the root growth of the cress seeds (Lepidium sativum L.) along with their separate and combined effects was investigated. Also, the changes in toxicity order were evaluated.
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Acknowledgments
This work has been carried out in the scope of Research Foundation of Ege University.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 11 • November 2010
Pages: 1260 - 1266
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Received: Apr 16, 2008
Accepted: Apr 28, 2010
Published online: May 8, 2010
Published in print: Nov 2010
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