Although aquatic macrophytes have been used individually for wastewater remediation, there is a dearth of studies comparing their efficiency level to determine the most effective remediation specific heavy metals. This study aimed macrophyte amongst Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiotes, Nymphaea nouchalli, Lemna minor and Ceratophyllum demersum Cr Cd from effluents in Yenagoa Metropolis, Nig...

Arsenic (As) pollution is a serious concern worldwide. Recent studies under environmentally relevant conditions revealed that, in the aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum, pigments are the first observable target of toxicity, prior to any effect on photosynthetic parameters or to oxidative stress. Lethal toxicity was initiated by a change of As species and their distribution pattern in various ...

Aquatic and terrestrial plants and microorganisms were screened to test their ability to remove the herbicide, atrazine, from the environment. Plants included hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), reed canarygrass (Phalarius arundinacea), annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum), and two varieties ofperennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). Microorganisms studied included a ...

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) began monitoring aquatic-macrophyte production in Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, in 1989 because the lake provides cooling water for a coal-fired electricity generating facility-Gerald Gentleman Station (GGS). Large mats of macrophytes in the cooling water caused several trips of the generating units at GGS, at considerable cost to NPPD. The plants also support m...

Spatial information of the dominant species of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is essential for restoration projects in eutrophic lakes, especially eutrophic Taihu Lake, China. Mapping the distribution of SAV species is very challenging and difficult using only multispectral satellite remote sensing. In this study, we proposed an approach to map the distribution of seven dominant species of ...