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Balazs, H.-E. ; Schmid, C. ; Feher, I.* ; Podar, D.* ; Szatmari, P.M.* ; Marincaş, O.* ; Balázs, Z.R.* ; Schröder, P.

HCH phytoremediation potential of native plant species from a contaminated urban site in Turda, Romania.

J. Environ. Manage. 223, 286-296 (2018)
Postprint DOI PMC
Open Access Green
Current physical or chemical methods used for remediation of soils contaminated with hexachlocyclohexane (HCH), leave behind significant levels of pollutants. Given the compounds volatility and persistence in the environment, sites contaminated with HCH remain a concern for the population living in nearby areas. By making use of both the recovery capacity and the pollutant uptake ability of spontaneously growing vegetation, our study aimed to identify native plant species able to cover and moreover take up the HCH left at a former lindane production unit in Turda, Romania. The results showed that dominant species across the study site like Lotus tenuis, Artemisia vulgaris or Tanacetum vulgare, were capable of taking up HCH in their tissues, according to different patterns that combined at the scale of the plant community. Regardless of the proximity of the HCH contamination hotspots, the development of the plant cover was characteristic for vegetation succession on disturbed soils of the Central European region. Finally, we conclude that plant species which grow spontaneously at the HCH contaminated site in Turda and are capable of taking up the pollutant, represent a self-sustainable and low maintenance phytomanagement approach that would allow for the reintegration of the site in the urban or industrial circuit and nevertheless would reduce the toxicity risk to the neighboring human inhabitants.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Hexachlorocyclohexane (hch) ; Phytoremediation ; Phytomanagement ; Vegetation Succession ; Plant Community; Human-disturbed Habitats; Hexachlorocyclohexane Isomers; Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane; Vegetation Succession; Obsolete Pesticides; Organic Pollutants; Agricultural Soil; Lindane; Restoration; Phytoextraction
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0301-4797
e-ISSN 1095-8630
Zeitschrift Journal of Environmental Management
Quellenangaben Band: 223, Heft: , Seiten: 286-296 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Verlagsort 24-28 Oval Rd, London Nw1 7dx, England
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis (COMI)