Trace metals are available to marine bivalves through uptake from both the aqueous and dietary phases. In this study, I sought to determine if there is any interaction between these 2 exposure pathways. The uptake of Cd and Se by green mussels Perna viridis from the aqueous phase was measured at different phytoplankton concentrations (green alga Chlorella autotrophica). Controlled experiments w...

Three marine bacteria, Pseudomonas putida PTCC 1664, Bacillus cereus  PTTC 1665 and Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenes PTCC 1666 isolated from the East Anzali wetland sediments of the Caspian Sea, were resistant to heavy metals of Cadmium (Cd), Nickel (Ni) and Vanadium (V). Pseudomonas pseudoalkaligenes PTCC 1666 was found to be resistant to all 3 metals Ni, Cd, V. Heavy metal uptake was determined ...

The use of metal-accumulating plants to clean the contaminated soil with toxic metals is the most rapidly developing component of phytoremediation as an environmentally friendly technology. Overcoming harsh soil conditions and accelerating the recovery of degraded soils remain a worldwide restoration challenge. This study evaluated the effect of different concentrations of Pb, Zn, Cu and Fe on ...

We examined the Zn uptake in marine diatoms and its transfer to marine copepods under different nutrient-replete and -deplete conditions. Zn uptake, quantified by measurements of both total cellular and intracellular Zn accumulation in two coastal diatoms (Thalassiosira pseudonana and Thalassiosira weissflogii), was greatly dependent on the ambient nitrogen conditions. Semicontinuous culture ex...

The purpose of this study was to link toxicokinetics/toxicodynamics (TK/TD) and bioavailability-based metal uptake kinetics to assess arsenic (As) uptake and bioaccumulation in three common farmed species of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), milkfish (Chanos chanos), and freshwater clam (Corbicula fluminea). We developed a mechanistic framework by linking damage assessment model (DAM) and bioa...

metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems resulting from human activity. phytoremediation utilizes plants to uptake contaminants and can potentially be used to remediate metal-contaminated sites. the present study investigates heavy metal uptake (cd, cr, and ni) from soil by different organs of populus alba and morus alba. for this purpose, cd (40, 80, and 160 m...

algae have been proven efficient biological vectors for heavy metal uptake. in order to further study their biosorption potential, two strains spirogyra sp. and spirulina sp. have been studied under different initial metal concentrations. in recent years, the biosorption processes have been studied extensively using microbial biomass as biosorbent for heavy metal ions removal. in these studies...