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Title: Bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements by submerged plants and biofilms : a critical review
Authors: Geng, N
Wu, Y
Zhang, M
Tsang, DCW 
Rinklebe, J
Xia, Y
Lu, D
Zhu, L
Palansooriya, KN
Kim, KH
Ok, YS
Issue Date: 2019
Source: Environment international, 2019, v. 131, 105015
Abstract: The accumulation of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in aquatic ecosystems has become a global concern, as PTEs may exert a wide range of toxicological impacts on aquatic organisms. Submerged plants and the microorganisms attached to their surfaces, however, have displayed great potential as a means of coping with such pollution. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the transport pathways of PTEs across sediment and organisms as well as their accumulation mechanisms in the presence of submerged plants and their biofilms. The majority of previous studies have demonstrated that submerged plants and their biofilms are indicators of PTE pollution in the aquatic environment, yet relatively little is known about PTE accumulation in epiphytic biofilms. In this review, we describe the transport pathways of PTEs in the aquatic environment in order to offer remarkable insights into bioaccumulation mechanisms in submerged plants and their biofilms. Based on the literature cited in this review, the roles of epiphytic biofilms in bioaccumulation and as an indicator of ecosystem health are discussed.
Keywords: Bioaccumulation
Biofilm
Indicator species
Potentially toxic element
Submerged plant
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Journal: Environment international 
ISSN: 0160-4120
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105015
Rights: © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The following publication Geng, N., Wu, Y., Zhang, M., Tsang, D. C., Rinklebe, J., Xia, Y., ... & Ok, Y. S. (2019). Bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements by submerged plants and biofilms: A critical review. Environment international, 131, 105015 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105015
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