Anthropogenic environmental changes are hypothesized as main reasons for animal species population declines. Heavy metals contamination is one of the worst threats to animals among human-caused threats. As most of the heavy metals bioaccumulate in organisms, analyzing concentrations of heavy metals in long living animals, such as turtles, would be very useful for biomonitoring of environmental ...

Heavy metal pollutionis one of the largest problems in the Environment and human being. In industrial and urban areas trees can give better quantifications for pollutant concentrations and atmospheric deposition than non-biological samples. In order to know ability of Fraxinus excelsior­ (Ash tree) to reduce the concentrations of heavy metals and compared with the concentration of thes...

The concentrations of cadmium, copper, nickel, zinc and lead were investigated in various components of smooth-leaved elm (Ulmus carpinifolia) tree in three sites (polluted, moderately polluted, and control) in Abadeh, Iran, in July 2015. The experiment was conducted using factorial experiment in a Completely Randomized Design with three replications. The concentration of heavy metals was measu...

pot experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (edta) on some morphological characteristics of thlaspi caerulescens l., and also on the accumulation of lead (pb) and zinc (zn) in roots and shoots of t. caerulescens l.. experiments were then set up in three treated pots with doses of 3, 6 and 9 mmol kg-1 of edta and control pots (c: uncontaminated so...

In this study, selected statistical methods (Discriminant analysis, ANOVA, Correlation analysis and Principal component analysis) were used to determine the heavy metal accumulation and its controlling factor and to identify the origin of these metals in soil samples collected from two sites along the Khoshk River banks, Shiraz, Iran. For this purpose, 40 topsoil samples were collected and the ...

environmental pollution by heavy metals is a growing global concern. most heavy metals accumulate in the top soil and in the long term, increased concentrations in the soil results in increased absorption and accumulation in plants. the usual concentration of cadmium in the soil is 0.001-2.4 mg/kg of dry soil. the level of absorption and accumulation in plants depends on the type of plant, tiss...

In this study, heavy metals such as Al, Cr, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, Pb etc. content in liver, muscle and gill of three economical marine species [striped seabream (Lithognathus mormyrus Linneaus, 1758), two-band bream (Diplodus vulgaris Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) and Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus Linneaus, 1758)] obtained from 4 stations (Fethiye, Bodrum, Datça, Marmaris) in South Aegean coast...

Environmental and water pollution through heavy metals is a growing concern. The recycling of untreated wastewater, which is often contaminated with heavy metals, for agricultural applications is becoming more popular. However, information on the amount of absorption and accumulation of cadmium (Cd) at variable concentrations by different crops is limited. This study aims to analyze the impact ...