 
        
						Nekhoroshkov PS 
	
					    												Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 
Serbia						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Assessment of Major and Trace Elements in Aquatic Macrophytes, Soils and Bottom Sediments Collected Along Different Water Objects in the Black Sea Coastal Zone by Using Neutron Activation Analysis 						
Author(s): Nekhoroshkov PS, Kravtsova AV, Kamnev AN, Duliu O Bunkova OM , Frontasyeva MV1 and Yermakov IP
Nekhoroshkov PS, Kravtsova AV, Kamnev AN, Duliu O Bunkova OM , Frontasyeva MV1 and Yermakov IP
             
						
												
				 The levels and compartmentalization of Na, Mg, Al, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Mo, Sb, I, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Hf, Ta, Au, Th, and U in Phragmites australis Carex conescens L and Cladophora sericea from the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea Anapa recreational region was investigated by Neutron Activation Analysis. The study touches upon subject of the sediment-to-plant and root-to-leaf elemental transfer as well as of the influence of anthropogenic pollution on wetland ecosystems in zone of resort. The content of the majority of considered elements was found higher in the belowground organs of P. australis than in the aboveground tissues while a reverse regularity was evidenced for C. conescens. The levels of elements decrease from bottom sediments to aquatic plants with the notable exception of the halogens Cl, Br and I that presented 5 to .. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/2329-6798.1000208