Mosses accumulative heavy metals from the substrate of coal ash
2005
Vukojevic, V., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden | Sabovljevic, M., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden | Jovanovic, S., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden
Plant that are able to accumulate and tolerate extraordinarily high concentration of heavy metals (hyperaccumulators) can be used for phytoremediation (removal of contaminants from soils) or phytomining (growing a crop of plants to harvest the metals). Two moss species Bryum capillare and Ceratodon purpureus, were tested as potential phytoremedies under in vivo condition on a coal ash disposal site in the surroundings of Obrenovac (NW Serbia). The content of various heavy metals in the mosses and substrata were investigated over a period of three years. Iron and zinc were found to have the highest concentration in the mosses.
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