Uptake of Cd, Pb, U, and Zn by plants in floodplain pollution hotspots contributes to secondary contamination

0542788 - ÚACH 2022 RIV DE eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Matys Grygar, Tomáš - Faměra, Martin - Hošek, Michal - Elznicová, J. - Rohovec, Jan - Matoušková, Šárka - Navrátil, Tomáš
Uptake of Cd, Pb, U, and Zn by plants in floodplain pollution hotspots contributes to secondary contamination.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Roč. 28, č. 37 (2021), s. 51183-51198. ISSN 0944-1344. E-ISSN 1614-7499
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-06728S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:61388980 ; RVO:67985831
Klíčová slova: Biogeochemistry * Element cycling * Floodplains * Heavy metals * Rivers * Salix
Obor OECD: Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7); Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7) (GLU-S)
Impakt faktor: 5.190, rok: 2021
Způsob publikování: Open access s časovým embargem

Willows, woody plants of genus Salix common in floodplains of temperate regions, act as plant pumps and translocate the Cd and Zn in the soil profiles of uncontaminated and weakly contaminated floodplains from the sediment bulk to the top strata. We suggest this process occurs because the Cd and Zn concentrations in willow leaves exceed those in the sediments. Senescing foliage of plant species common in floodplains can increase the Cd and Zn ratios as compared to other elements (Pb and common ‘lithogenic elements’ such as Al) in the top strata of all floodplains, including those that have been severely contaminated. The top enrichment is caused by the root uptake of specific elements by growing plants, which is followed by foliage deposition. Neither the shallow groundwater nor the plant foliage shows that Cd, Zn, and Pb concentrations are related to those in the sediments, but they clearly reflect the shallow groundwater pH, with the risk element mobilised by the acidity that is typical for the subsurface sediments in floodplains. The effect that plants have on the Pb in floodplains is significantly lower than that observed for Cd and Zn, while U can be considered even less mobile than Pb. Groundwater and plant leaves can contribute to secondary contamination with Cd and Zn from floodplain pollution hotspots, meaning that plants can accumulate these elements on the floodplain surface or even return them back to the fluvial transport, even if bank erosion would not occur. For Pb and U at the sites studied, these risks were negligible.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0322721