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Tecnología y Ciencias del Agua
, vol. VIII, núm. 2, marzo-abril de 2017, pp. 43-50
Luo
et al.
,
Phytoextraction potential of wetland plants for Copper in Water Bodies
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ISSN 2007-2422
Figure 1a. The Cu
2+
accumulation mean content in
calamus
.
Figure 1b. The Cu
2+
accumulation mean content in reeds.
in the reed at higher Cu
2+
concentrations (60
mg/l, 100 mg/l, 200 mg/l and 500 mg/l). The
aboveground parts of plants were similar to
belowground parts
Overall, in lower concentrations (10 and 25
mg/l), Cu
2+
accumulation quantity in Acorus
calamus and Phragmites australis were similar
at the 0.05 level. Cu
2+
accumulation quantity in
the above- and below-ground reed parts were
significantly different at higher Cu
2+
concen-
trations, but the same parts of the calamus
were not significantly different. The two plant
species showed different accumulation abili-
ties at different Cu
2+
concentrations; calamus
