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Cadmium and lead toxicity and bioaccumulation in

RZYMSKI Piotr,PONIEDZIALEK Barbara,NIEDZIELSKI Przemysław,TABACZEWSKI Piotr,WIKTOROWICZ Krzysztof

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2014, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 427-432 doi: 10.1007/s11783-013-0566-4

Abstract: The growth of human population leads to intensification of agriculture and promotes, through eutrophication, development of cyanobacteria. One of the most widespread and bloom-forming species in freshwater is toxic ( ). Combustion of fossil fuels and metallurgical processes are the main sources of heavy metals contamination in surface water including cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). The following study was conducted in order to determine the effect of 1–20 mg·L of Cd and Pb on photochemistry (using flow cytometry) and growth (based on chlorophyll concentration) of as well as to estimate levels of metal bioaccumulation. We have found that 1–10 mg·L of Cd and 1–5 mg·L of Pb induced continuous enhancement of chlorophyll fluorescence during 24 h of incubation. No significant degradation of chlorophyll was observed in these samples. At higher concentrations of 20 mg·L of Cd and 10–20 mg·L of Pb chlorophyll level significantly decreased and its fluorescence was quenched. demonstrated high capability of Cd and Pb bioaccumulation, proportionally to initial metal concentration. In samples with initial concentration of 20 mg·L of Cd and Pb bioaccumulation of 87.3% and 90.1% was observed, respectively. Our study demonstrates that can potentially survive in highly metals polluted environments, be a primary source of toxic metals in the food chain and consequently contribute to enhanced toxicity of heavy metals to living organisms including human.

Keywords： Microcystis aeruginosa heavy metals bioaccumulation chlorophyll flow cytometry

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Comparison of different algicides on growth of

Naiyu Wang, Kai Wang, Can Wang

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2017, Volume 11, Issue 6, doi: 10.1007/s11783-017-0940-8

Abstract: Eutrophication with a large number of commonly occurs worldwide, thereby threatening the aquatic ecosystem and human health. In this study, four kinds of algicides were tested to explore their influence on cell density and chlorophyll-a of . Results showed that aluminum silicate agent, which inhibited more than 90% cell growth compared with the control group, demonstrated the strongest inhibition effect immediately on growth. Furthermore, the production and release of microcystin (MC)-LR were investigated. Aluminum silicate, CuSO , and Emma-11 were more effective than pyrogallic acid in disrupting the cells of , thereby increasing the extracellular MC-LR concentration. Aluminum silicate caused the highest extracellular MC-LR concentration of more than 45 mg·L . Biotoxicity was also detected to evaluate the environmental risks of MC-LR release, which were related to the usages of different algicides. Extracellular MC-LR concentration mostly increased when the biotoxicity of algae solution increased. The experiments were also designed to reveal the effects of physical conditions in riverways, such as natural sunlight, aeration and benthal sludge, on MC-LR degradation. These findings indicated that UV rays in sunlight, which can achieve a MC-LR removal efficiency of more than 15%, played an important role in MC-LR degradation. Among all the physical pathways of MC-LR removal, benthal sludge adsorption presented the optimal efficiency at 20%.

Keywords： Microcystis aeruginosa MC-LR release Algicides MC-LR degradation Biotoxicity

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Inhibitive effects of three compositae plants on

Weihao ZHANG, Fuqing XU, Wei HE, Xing ZHENG, Chen YANG

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2009, Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 48-55 doi: 10.1007/s11783-008-0065-1

Abstract: Based on common phenomena of biochemical interaction between plants and microorganisms, the inhibitive effects of three common terrestrial compositae plants, namely DC., (L.) Cronq., and (L.) Sch.-Bip. on the blue algae was studied. Live compositae plants are co-cultivated with algae in two different inoculation doses for 10 days in 5-pools incubators, in order to exclude the influence of bacteria and nutrients. The results show that DC has the most inhibitive potential among the three plants as evidenced by the most drastic decrease in optical density (OD ) of the algae. The inhibition rate is 93.3% (with initial inoculation dose of 2.0 × 10 Cells/mL) and 89.3% (with initial inoculation dose of 4.0 × 10 Cells/mL) respectively on the 10 day of cultivation. The average inhibition rate during the later half of the experiment is 0.76 (with initial inoculation dose of 2.0 × 10 Cells/mL) and 0.71 (with initial inoculation dose of 4.0 × 10 Cells/mL), respectively. Logistic model analysis shows that compositae plants such as DC. causes the reduction of the habitat's carrying capacity of algae. ANOVA analysis is used to determine the similarity and differences between every experimental group and an average inhibitive rate model is used to evaluate the inhibition effects. The results show that DC., which grow well in the aquatic environment, may have a great potential in controlling algae bloom in eutrophic water.

Keywords： allelopathy compositae plants Microcystis aeruginosa inhibition rate logistic model