<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During the years 2014-2015, biomonitoring studies were carried out at three holding reservoirs located in Swietokrzyskie Province (central Poland): Kielce artificial lake, Chancza reservoir and Sielpia reservoir. In sea water algae <italic>Palmaria palmata</italic> (Linnaeus) Weber &amp; Mohr, exposed in the analysed waters, the increases of concentrations were determined by the atomic absorption spectrometry method (AAS), of the following: Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb. Conductivity and pH were also determined in the reservoirs waters. The differences between the increases of heavy metal concentrations in the samples of algae found along the coastline were indicated; they result from different distances from the pollution sources, such as resorts, communication routes and industrial plants.</p></abstract>

During the years 2014-2015, biomonitoring studies were carried out at three holding reservoirs located in Swietokrzyskie Province (central Poland): Kielce artificial lake, Chancza reservoir and Sielpia reservoir. In sea water algae Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Weber & Mohr, exposed in the analysed waters, the increases of concentrations were determined by the atomic absorption spectrometry method (AAS), of the following: Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb. Conductivity and pH were also determined in the reservoirs waters. The differences between the increases of heavy metal concentrations in the samples of algae found along the coastline were indicated; they result from different distances from the pollution sources, such as resorts, communication routes and industrial plants.

Application of algae in active biomonitoring of the selected holding reservoirs in swietokrzyskie province

Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Opole University, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-032 Opole, Poland, phone +48 77 401 60 42

Chair of Environment Shaping and Protection, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, ul. Świętokrzyska 15, 25-406 Kielce, Poland

Department of Physics, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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During the years 2014-2015, biomonitoring studies were carried out at three holding reservoirs located in Swietokrzyskie Province (central Poland): Kielce...

Application of algae in active biomonitoring of the selected holding reservoirs in swietokrzyskie province

Published Online: Jul 07, 2016

Page range: 237 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2016-0016

Keywords
sea algae, (Linnaeus) Weber & Mohr, heavy metals, biomonitoring, retention reservoirs, atomic absorption spectrometry

© 2016 Małgorzata Rajfur et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Application of algae in active biomonitoring of the selected holding reservoirs in swietokrzyskie province

Published Online: Jul 07, 2016

Page range: 237 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2016-0016

Keywordssea algae, (Linnaeus) Weber & Mohr, heavy metals, biomonitoring, retention reservoirs, atomic absorption spectrometry

© 2016 Małgorzata Rajfur et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
sea algae, (Linnaeus) Weber & Mohr, heavy metals, biomonitoring, retention reservoirs, atomic absorption spectrometry