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CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 410-421Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S1995425514040131
Keywords
Elodea canadensis; Myriophyllum spicatum; bottom sediments; toxicity; technogenic radionuclides; heavy metals; biogens
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- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [14-14-00076]
- Biological Diversity program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences [30.5]
- Russian Science Foundation [14-14-00076] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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The laboratory testing of bottom sediments (BSs) from the Yenisei River containing different concentrations of technogenic radionuclides, heavy metals, and biogenic elements (N and P) based on aquatic such plants as Elodea canadensis (Canadian waterweed) and Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil) has revealed a higher sensitivity of roots to the general quality of BSs than shoots: shoot length (9%) < root length (11%) < root number (15%) in M. spicatum; shoot length (22%) < root length (42%) < root number (44%) in E. canadensis. In contrast to M. spicatum, the growth parameters of roots and shoots in E. canadensis have differed in a significant statistical manner between most BS samples. A reverse correlation has been found between the increase in shoot length and the activity of technogenic radionuclides in BSs, which is mostly significant in E. canadensis (r (2) = 0.90-0.95, p = 0.05). Since the growth of shoots and roots in E. canadensis has turned out to be more sensitive to changes in the quality of BSs than that in M. spicatum, E. canadensis can be considered more prospective for biotesting BSs.
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