Heavy Metal Accumulation and Phytoremediation Potentiality of Some Selected Mangrove Species from the World's Largest Mangrove Forest.

ABSTRACT: Toxic metal pollution is a global issue, and the use of metal-accumulating plants to clean contaminated ecosystems is one of the most rapidly growing ecologically beneficial and cost-effective technologies. In this study, samples of sediment and three mangrove species (Excoecaria agallocha, Avicennia officinalis, Sonneratia apetala) were collected from the world's largest mangrove forest (along the Northern Bay of Bengal Coast) with the aim of evaluating metal concentrations, contamination degrees, and phytoremediation potentiality of those plants. Overall, the heavy metals concentration in sediment ranged from Cu: 72.41-95.89 mg/kg; Zn: 51.28-71.20 mg/kg; Fe: 22,760-27,470 mg/kg; Mn: 80.37-116.37 mg/kg; Sr: 167.92-221.44 mg/kg. In mangrove plants, the mean concentrati

SUBMITTER: Hossain MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9405028 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature