Effects of heavy metal pollution on germination and early seedling growth in native and invasive Spartina cordgrasses.
Abiotic stress
Metal tolerance
Odiel estuary
Phytoremediation
Tinto estuary
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
10
01
2020
revised:
23
04
2020
accepted:
10
06
2020
pubmed:
23
6
2020
medline:
7
8
2020
entrez:
23
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Seed germination and seedling establishment are the stages most sensitive to abiotic stress in the plant life cycle. We analyzed the effects of copper, zinc and nickel on seed germination and early seedling growth of native Spartina maritima and invasive S. densiflora from polluted and non-polluted estuaries. Germination percentages for either species were not affected by any metal at any tested concentration (up to 2000 μM). However, the increase in metal concentration had negative effects on S. densiflora seedlings. The primary effect was on radicle development, representing initial seedling emergence. Spartina densiflora seedlings emerging from seeds from Tinto Estuary, characterized by high bioavailable metal loads, showed higher tolerance to metals than those from less polluted Odiel and Piedras Estuaries. Comparing our results to metal concentrations in the field, we expect S. densiflora seedling development would be negatively impacted in the most metal-polluted areas in Odiel and Tinto Estuaries.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32568082
pii: S0025-326X(20)30494-X
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111376
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Metals, Heavy
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111376Informations de copyright
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