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Efficacy of Phragmites australis in the removal of heavy metals from the contaminated El-Qabouty junction canal of Lake Manzala, Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Biology and pharmaceutical sciences.

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to assess the spatial and seasonal variations in heavy metals concentrations in water, sediments as well as belowground and aboveground parts of the dominant macrophyte Phragmites australis along contaminated El-Qabouty junction Canal. Analyses of 12 heavy metals content (Br, As, Co, Ni, Fe, Cr, Hg, Zn, Cd, Pb, Se, Mn) in water, hydrosoil and plant samples were collected from two sites along El-Qabouty Canal and seasonally analyzed using XRF. The results recorded the highest concentrations of Co, Mn, As, Cr and Fe in water with 9.73, 9.79, 24.89, 26.38 and 47.57 mg/l, respectively in spring season at the southern site nearby industrial drain output. Seasonally, the pollutant content was lower in winter. Higher concentrations of Co, Cr, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se and Zn were recorded in belowground parts for P. australis at the norther site of the canal in summer. The bioaccumulation factors (BF) of heavy metals were more than one and in the order Hg>Se>Br>Pb>Zn>Mn with values 174.38, 106.26, 52.30, 18.49, 7.21, 2.98, respectively. The translocation factors (TF) of As and Cd were 15.97 and 12.58, respectively. The obtained results and indices indicated that P. australis can grow and tolerate in highly contaminated waste water and is a good candidate to serve as hyper-accumulator, phyto-stabilizer and bio-monitors of heavy metals.

DOI

10.21608/ajbas.2022.128013.1095

Keywords

Phragmites australis, Heavy metals, Phytoremediation, juncation canal, Lake Manzala

Authors

First Name

Radwa

Last Name

hafez

MiddleName

mohamed

Affiliation

Botany department, Faculty of Science, Port said university

Email

radwahafez271@gmail.com

City

port said

Orcid

0000-0002-0017-8699

First Name

Magdy

Last Name

El-Bana

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said

Email

mag_bana@yahoo.co.uk

City

Port Said

Orcid

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First Name

Ali

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt.

Email

ibrahim2910@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

-

First Name

Mona

Last Name

El Bous

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science,Port Said University

Email

monaelbous@yahoo.com

City

Port Said

Orcid

0000-0002-6004-4211

Volume

3

Article Issue

2

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35375

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-03-19

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

253

Page End

272

Online ISSN

2682-275X

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947

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Publication Title

Alfarama Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences

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Efficacy of Phragmites australis in the removal of heavy metals from the contaminated El-Qabouty junction canal of Lake Manzala, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023