TY - JOUR

T1 - Bioindication role of higher plants in the diagnostics of aquatic ecosystems

T2 - Case study of small water bodies in St. Petersburg

AU - Kurilenko, V. V.

AU - Osmolovskaya, N. G.

N1 - Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 02-05-65384, 06-05-64962. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2007/11

Y1 - 2007/11

N2 - The bioindication role of macropytes in the assessment of the environmental conditions of small water bodies under the conditions of a megalopolis is discussed. A comparative characteristic is given to the significance of macrophytes from different ecological groups, including hygrophytes (cattail, reed), hydrophyte (pondweed), and hydatophytes (Canada water weed, hornweed), growing in small water bodies in St. Petersburg, for the biogeochemical indication of environmental pollution by microelements (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, and Cd) and biogenic elements (K, Ca, Na, P, S). Possible mechanisms of detoxication of heavy metal ions in macrophyte organisms and their role in the stable functioning of water bodies in urban territory under the conditions of anthropogenic pollution are discussed. The prospects of the use of macrophyte groups for the bioindication of pollution and phytoremediation of aquatic ecosystems are analyzed.

AB - The bioindication role of macropytes in the assessment of the environmental conditions of small water bodies under the conditions of a megalopolis is discussed. A comparative characteristic is given to the significance of macrophytes from different ecological groups, including hygrophytes (cattail, reed), hydrophyte (pondweed), and hydatophytes (Canada water weed, hornweed), growing in small water bodies in St. Petersburg, for the biogeochemical indication of environmental pollution by microelements (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, and Cd) and biogenic elements (K, Ca, Na, P, S). Possible mechanisms of detoxication of heavy metal ions in macrophyte organisms and their role in the stable functioning of water bodies in urban territory under the conditions of anthropogenic pollution are discussed. The prospects of the use of macrophyte groups for the bioindication of pollution and phytoremediation of aquatic ecosystems are analyzed.

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U2 - 10.1134/S0097807807060140

DO - 10.1134/S0097807807060140

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:36448933115

VL - 34

SP - 718

EP - 724

JO - Water Resources

JF - Water Resources

SN - 0097-8078

IS - 6

ER -