Aluminum Bioaccumulation in Reed Canary Grass ( Phalaris arundinacea L.) from Rivers in Southwestern Poland

Magdalena Senze, Monika Kowalska-Góralska and Katarzyna Czyż
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Magdalena Senze: Department of Limnology and Fishery, Institute of Animal Breeding, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland
Monika Kowalska-Góralska: Department of Limnology and Fishery, Institute of Animal Breeding, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland
Katarzyna Czyż: Department of Sheep and Fur Animals Breeding, Institute of Animal Breeding, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: This study aimed to determine aluminum levels in reed canary grass Phalaris arundinacea L.) in rivers in southwestern Poland—Bystrzyca, Strzegomka, and Nysa Szalona, together with their tributaries. The samples were collected in spring and autumn 2015–2018. The highest amounts of aluminum were recorded in the Nysa Szalona, and the lowest in the Bystrzyca. During the four-year cycle of studies, the highest values were recorded in the last year, and the lowest in the first year. The highest amounts of aluminum were found in all three rivers in the lowland tributaries. In the main rivers, higher amounts of aluminum were found at the mouth of the Nysa Szalona and Strzegomka reservoirs, while the opposite situation was found for the Bystrzyca. Higher aluminum contents were recorded in autumn than in spring, and the values of BCF W (aluminum bioaccumulation factor in relation to water) and BCF B (aluminum bioaccumulation factor in relation to bottom sediments) coefficients were also higher. The MPI (metal pollution index) was arranged in a series: Bystrzyca < Strzegomka < Nysa Szalona, while the degree of pollution was high for Bystrzyca and very high for the other two rivers. The variability in Al levels may be attributed to pollution level in the catchments, but also to successive modernization works carried out in the beds of the main rivers and their tributaries. All these works were carried out in a variable way and often covered only a fragment of the riverbed; therefore, the consequences of activity may have been visible in the catchment but not necessarily in the same vegetation cycles.

Keywords: aquatic plants; Phalaris arundinacea L.; aluminum; rivers; water; indicators: MPI; BCF W; BCF B (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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