Seaweeds as indicators and potential remediators of metal pollution
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66587-6_3" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-030-66587-6_3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Seaweeds as indicators and potential remediators of metal pollution
Original language description
Seaweeds, which together with corals create marvelous underwater formations playing with many colors, are photosynthesizing organisms producing a significant amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. Therefore, a decline in their populations would result in an adverse impact on the environment. The surface of these marine macroalgae contains various functional groups able to interact with metal ions and bulk or nanoscale metal particles. Some seaweed species showing a sensitive response to toxic metals reflected in a decline of population density connected with the inhibition of photosynthetic processes by reactive oxygen species generated by toxic metals could be used as biological indicators for detecting toxic metal pollution originating predominantly from anthropogenic activities in coastal marine communities. On the other hand, some seaweed species belonging mainly to brown algae (Phaeophyceae), Sargassum sp., which show a great rate of tolerance against toxic metals, could accumulate considerable metal amounts in their biomass and, consequently, could be applied for the removal of metals from the metal-contaminated environment. This chapter presents an overview of findings related to the photosynthetic processes in seaweeds and impact of toxic metals on these processes, the feasibility of seaweeds application as indicators of toxic metal pollution as well as the use of living and dead seaweed biomass as sorbents for phytoremediation purposes. Nutritional benefits of edible seaweeds are discussed as well.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
21002 - Nano-processes (applications on nano-scale); (biomaterials to be 2.9)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes for Sustainable Biotic and Abiotic Stress Management
ISBN
978-3-030-66586-9
Number of pages of the result
41
Pages from-to
51-92
Number of pages of the book
672
Publisher name
Springer
Place of publication
Cham
UT code for WoS chapter
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