Abstract
High metal concentrations in water and soil solution result in greater plant uptake and/or leaching of metals. The objective of this research was to ascertain the effects of variations in heavy metal concentrations on phytoremediation processes. Two macrophytes, Typha capensis and Heliconia psittacorum, were engaged in the remediation of arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium. The plants were dosed with varying concentrations of heavy metals. The plants were exposed to the investigation by inductive coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (Agilent 7700 × arrangement ICP-MS produced for complex framework examination). The exposure of the heavy metals under varying concentrations of the heavy metals showed that the level of uptake by the macrophytes was dependent on the level of concentration available in the soil/water. This conclusion implicitly implies that the quantity of heavy to be absorbed by the macrophytes depends largely on the capacity of the macrophyte to absorb a particular kind of heavy metal.
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This assessment was sponsored by the Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Center, Kumasi (RWESCK), at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, with financing from the Ghana Government and the World Bank under the Africa Center of Excellence adventure.
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Samuel Wiafe conceptualized the research topic and formulated the objectives and methodology of the research.
Michael Owusu carried out both the laboratory and field investigation and the data curation of the research work.
Richard Buamah participated in the writing of the manuscript (original draft preparation) as well as reviewed and edited the manuscript.
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Wiafe, S., Buamah, R. & Owusu, M. The effects of varying levels of heavy metals uptake by Typha capensis and Heliconia psittacorum from water and soil. Arab J Geosci 14, 2607 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-08808-3
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