Table 5 Heavy metal accumulation in bryophyte substrates (n = 3).
From: The bryophyte community as bioindicator of heavy metals in a waterfall outflow
Material | Heavy metal accumulation (mg kg−1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cu | Cd | Zn | Fe | Mn | |
Decayed Cu moss | 188.4 ± 8.4b | 1.9 ± 0.3a | 80.5 ± 5.7b | 1963.7 ± 99.7bc | 246.9 ± 2.3ab |
Sediment substrate of shoot colony of S. cataractae | 251.6 ± 35.2a | 1.5 ± 0.1bcd | 59.3 ± 4.3c | 2289.4 ± 363.3b | 143.9 ± 28.9cd |
Sediment substrate of protonemal colony of S. cataractae | 239.4 ± 1.4a | 1.7 ± 0.3ab | 65.9 ± 6.3c | 2345.3 ± 298.4b | 126.4 ± 3.0d |
Rock substrate of S. cataractae | 56.3 ± 4.3c | 0.5 ± 0.2f | 34.9 ± 1.3d | 1259.9 ± 16.9d | 243.4 ± 38.6bc |
Rock substrate of P. acutifolia var. birmanica | 51.2 ± 15.6c | 0.3 ± 0.2f | 31.2 ± 4.7d | 1234.9 ± 40.1d | 202.6 ± 76.6bc |
Sediment substrate of shoot colony of H. involuta | 11.2 ± 0.9d | 1.7 ± 0.2abc | 122.6 ± 0.7a | 3127.1 ± 312.0a | 314.5 ± 8.5a |
Sediment substrate of shoot colony of M. emarginata var. emarginata | 55.6 ± 1.7c | 1.2 ± 0.0de | 66.2 ± 1.2c | 1174.3 ± 2.1d | 297.7 ± 12.9a |
Sediment substrate of shoot colony of F. crispulus var. crispulus | 57.5 ± 4.2c | 1.2 ± 0.1de | 66.8 ± 3.1c | 1172.8 ± 8.1d | 312.0 ± 14.3a |
Sediment substrate of shoot colony of C. prionophyllum | 54.5 ± 4.1c | 1.2 ± 0.1de | 64.9 ± 3.3c | 1164.5 ± 16.3d | 301.4 ± 18.4a |
Sediment substrate of shoot colony of E. zollingeri | 60.8 ± 0.4c | 1.3 ± 0.0cde | 76.3 ± 5.8b | 1663.7 ± 99.8c | 312.0 ± 23.5a |
Sediment substrate of shoot colony of Bryum sp. | 56.5 ± 6.3c | 1.0 ± 0.1e | 62.7 ± 0.8c | 1156.6 ± 12.3d | 273.3 ± 29.3ab |
