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Algae Spirogyra sp. - biosensor of heavy metals contamination in surface waters

2011/03/D/NZ9/00051

Keywords:

algae heavy metals biosorption kinetics and equilibrium of ion exchange proceses biomonitoring

Descriptors:

  • NZ9_6: Environment protection
  • NZ9_9: Environmental biotechnology

Panel:

NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Opolski, Wydział Przyrodniczo-Techniczny

woj. opolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Małgorzata Rajfur 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: SONATA 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 230 040 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-14

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-08-13

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Absorpcyjny spektrometr atomowy (125 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Influence of hydrogen cations on kinetics and equilibria of heavy-metal sorption by algae – sorption of copper cations by the alga Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Weber & Mohr (Rhodophyta)
    Authors:
    Kłos Andrzej, Rajfur Małgorzata
    Academic press:
    Journal of Applied Phycology (rok: 2013, tom: 25, strony: 1387-1394), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10811-012-9970-6. - link to the publication
  2. Algae as a source of information on surface waters contamination with heavy metals
    Authors:
    Rajfur Małgorzata
    Academic press:
    Ecological Chemistry and Engineering A (rok: 2013, tom: 20, strony: 1089-1101), Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2428/ecea.2013.20(10)099 - link to the publication
  3. Sorption of heavy metals in the biomass of algae Palmaria palmata
    Authors:
    Rajfur Małgorzata, Kłos Andrzej
    Academic press:
    Water Science and Technology (rok: 2013, tom: 68, strony: 1543-1549), Wydawca: IWA Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2166/wst.2013.400 - link to the publication
  4. Translocation of cations during sorption of copper in the system solution - algae (Spirogyra sp.).
    Authors:
    Rajfur M., Kłos A., Kříž J.
    Academic press:
    Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S (rok: 2014, tom: 21, strony: 425-433), Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/eces-2014-0031 - link to the publication
  5. Biomonitoring aktywny rzeki Odry z wykorzystaniem glonów Palmaria palmata
    Authors:
    Zielińska Maria, Rajfur Małgorzata, Kozłowski Rafał, Kłos Andrzej
    Academic press:
    Proceedings of ECOpole (rok: 2013, tom: 7, strony: 757-763), Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2429/proc.2013.7(2)099 - link to the publication
  6. Algae – heavy metals biosorbent
    Authors:
    Rajfur Małgorzata
    Academic press:
    Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S (rok: 2013, tom: 20, strony: 23-40), Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/eces-2013-0002 - link to the publication
  7. Influence of preparation method of Spirogyra sp. algae on their sorption capacity
    Authors:
    Rajfur Małgorzata
    Academic press:
    Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S (rok: 2013, tom: 20, strony: 475-488), Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/eces-2013-0035 - link to the publication
  8. The impact of various cations on the sorption of manganese in the thallus of freshwater algae Spirogyra sp. and sea algae Palmaria palmata
    Authors:
    Rajfur Małgorzata, Jóźwiak Anna Małgorzata, Kłos Andrzej
    Academic press:
    Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S (rok: 2014, tom: 21, strony: 35-43), Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2478/eces-2014-0003 - link to the publication
  9. Use of algae in active biomonitoring of surface waters.
    Authors:
    Rajfur M, Kłos A.
    Academic press:
    Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S (rok: 2014, tom: 21, strony: 561-576), Wydawca: Towarzystwo Chemii i Inżynierii Ekologicznej
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/eces-2014-0040 - link to the publication
  1. Equilibrium and studies on sorption of heavy metals from solutions by algae
    Authors:
    Rajfur Małgorzata, Kłos Andrzej, Wacławek Maria
    Book:
    Environmental Engineering (rok: 2013, tom: IV, strony: 533-540), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Group
    Status:
    Published