Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess

Aquatic plants are excellent phytoindicator because they respond to nutrients, light, toxic, contaminants, metals, herbicides, turbidity, water level change and salt. However, the negative impact of excessive nutrients on riverine and palustrine systems, estuaries and coastal waters give a serious...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie, Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati, Wan Muhamad, Wan Naimatul Asiah, Othman, Rashidi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	TD1020 Hazardous substances and their disposal TD169 Environmental protection TD172 Environmental pollution TD878 Special types of pollution
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/1/Study_on_aquatic_plant.pdf

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spelling	iium-235122019-11-06T04:23:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/ Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati Wan Muhamad, Wan Naimatul Asiah Othman, Rashidi TD1020 Hazardous substances and their disposal TD169 Environmental protection TD172 Environmental pollution TD878 Special types of pollution Aquatic plants are excellent phytoindicator because they respond to nutrients, light, toxic, contaminants, metals, herbicides, turbidity, water level change and salt. However, the negative impact of excessive nutrients on riverine and palustrine systems, estuaries and coastal waters give a serious global problem. Butrients that arise rapidly from expanding urban areas, agricultural and industrial activities caused a boom in aquatic plant growth. Due to the capabilities of aquatic plants to utilize large amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus and thus remove them from the water; the aim of the research is to study the potential of aquatic plant species to be used as phytoindicator for unhealthy environment such as polluted freshwater bodies. In this study, twenty samples of water were collected each from 3 different localities where Salvinia natans, Beptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata were abundant and dominant. All the water samples were analyzed for nitrite, nitrate, ammonium and phosphate. H. verticillata was found to be the best phytoindicator for phosphate pollutant at highest level whereas S. natans and B. oleracea were observed to be useful phytoindicator for unhealthy environment in fresh water bodies for nitrogen and phosphate contaminants. Therefore, aquatic plant species can be fully utilized as an effective tool to detect excessive nutrients in water bodies that might otherwise be difficult to detect. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/1/Study_on_aquatic_plant.pdf Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie and Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati and Wan Muhamad, Wan Naimatul Asiah and Othman, Rashidi (2012) Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess. In: 1st International Conference on Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Built Environment 2012 (ICITSBE 2012), 16-17 April 2012, Sri Iskandar, Perak. http://www.perak.uitm.edu.my/ncitsbe2012/
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topic	TD1020 Hazardous substances and their disposal TD169 Environmental protection TD172 Environmental pollution TD878 Special types of pollution
spellingShingle	TD1020 Hazardous substances and their disposal TD169 Environmental protection TD172 Environmental pollution TD878 Special types of pollution Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati Wan Muhamad, Wan Naimatul Asiah Othman, Rashidi Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess
description	Aquatic plants are excellent phytoindicator because they respond to nutrients, light, toxic, contaminants, metals, herbicides, turbidity, water level change and salt. However, the negative impact of excessive nutrients on riverine and palustrine systems, estuaries and coastal waters give a serious global problem. Butrients that arise rapidly from expanding urban areas, agricultural and industrial activities caused a boom in aquatic plant growth. Due to the capabilities of aquatic plants to utilize large amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus and thus remove them from the water; the aim of the research is to study the potential of aquatic plant species to be used as phytoindicator for unhealthy environment such as polluted freshwater bodies. In this study, twenty samples of water were collected each from 3 different localities where Salvinia natans, Beptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata were abundant and dominant. All the water samples were analyzed for nitrite, nitrate, ammonium and phosphate. H. verticillata was found to be the best phytoindicator for phosphate pollutant at highest level whereas S. natans and B. oleracea were observed to be useful phytoindicator for unhealthy environment in fresh water bodies for nitrogen and phosphate contaminants. Therefore, aquatic plant species can be fully utilized as an effective tool to detect excessive nutrients in water bodies that might otherwise be difficult to detect.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati Wan Muhamad, Wan Naimatul Asiah Othman, Rashidi
author_facet	Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati Wan Muhamad, Wan Naimatul Asiah Othman, Rashidi
author_sort	Mohd Latiff, Nur Hanie
title	Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess
title_short	Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess
title_full	Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess
title_fullStr	Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess
title_full_unstemmed	Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess
title_sort	study on aquatic plant species (salvinia natans, neptunia oleracea and hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23512/1/Study_on_aquatic_plant.pdf
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Study on aquatic plant species (Salvinia natans, Neptunia oleracea and Hydrilla verticillata) as phytoindicator for nutrient excess

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