Heavy Metal Accumulation in Wetland Plants and Water-Sediment Relationship in Köprüören-Kütahya

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We investigated the concentrations of boron, zinc, arsenic, silver, lead, copper, cadmium and chromium in water, sediment and boron, zinc and arsenic in some wetland plants (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud, Typha latifolia L., Nasturdium officinale L., Lemna minor L., Lythrum salicaria L., and Ceratophyllum demersum L.) of Kocasu Stream and two related ponds in Köprüören, Kütahya. According to our results, among the eight heavy metals investigated in this study, arsenic was found at high concentration in sediment (288.66 mg/kg) whereas boron (903 µg/L) was detected in the highest concentration in water samples. We also determined that zinc, boron and arsenic concentrations in plants varied from 70 to 280, 37.6 to 1682.5, and 0.2 to 34 mg/kg dry weight (DW), respectively. As a result, it was found that C. demersum, L. minor and N. officinale had the highest accumulation capacity of zinc, boron and arsenic.