Title

Accumulation of Cadmium in Transplanted Lichen Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl., with Reference to Physiochemical Variation and Kinetics of Cadmium Biosorption.

Authors

Ansari, Bushra Khatoon; Shukla, Arvind Kumar; Upreti, Dalip Kumar; Bajpai, Rajesh

Abstract

The present study aims to signify the role of Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl. (P. cocoes) as cadmium (Cd) biomonitor in atmosphere. This was achieved by quantifying the amount of Cd accumulated in transplanted P. cocoes, when stimulated with known concentrations of Cd (5µM, 50µM, 100µM, 150µM and 200µM) at increasing intervals of time up-to 40 days. All the five concentrations exhibited increasing trend of accumulation with time. As depicted by Pearson's Correlation (at p 22 value was 0.969–0.998). The marker parameters in combination with the ability to accrue Cd fortifies P. cocoes's role as a biomonitor.

Subjects

PEARSON correlation (Statistics); LICHENS; SUPEROXIDE dismutase; ELECTRIC conductivity; CADMIUM; SUPEROXIDES

Publication

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2023, Vol 110, Issue 4, p1

ISSN

0007-4861

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s00128-023-03710-y