Claim · model-written summary
The authors identify phytostabilisation and bioindication potential for sycamore maple.
- Taxon
- Sycamore Maple
Acer pseudoplatanuse0 - Outcome
- phytostabilisation and bioindication componente0
Verbatim
e0“Phytoremediation potential of Sycamore Maple includes both a phytostabilisation and bioindication component”
Title
Foliage response to heavy metal contamination in Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.)
André, Olivier (author); Vollenweider, Pierre (author); Günthardt-Goerg, Madeleine S. (author) DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research) 2006
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- Observation Only low heavy-metal amounts reached foliage.
- Intervention effect Foliage biomass did not decrease under heavy metal exposure.
- Observation Zinc alone reached near-toxic foliage concentrations, especially in older foliage.
- Mechanism Zinc reached sensitive leaf blade sites and triggered oxidative stress.