Neutron-activation analysis of the elementary composition of the marine phanerogam Posidonia oceanica from a reference area in Port Cros National Park (French Mediterranean)
Augier, H.; Ronneau, C.; Roucoux, P.; Lion, R.; Charlent, O. (1991). Neutron-activation analysis of the elementary composition of the marine phanerogam Posidonia oceanica from a reference area in Port Cros National Park (French Mediterranean). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 109(2): 345-353. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01319402
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793, meer
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Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 [WoRMS]
Marien/Kust |
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- Augier, H.
- Ronneau, C.
- Roucoux, P.
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| Abstract |
The marine phanerogam Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile was collected from a presumably unpolluted “reference” area in Port Cros National Park, Mediterranean Sea, in November 1985, and its elemental composition was studied by gamma spectrometry after neutron activation and by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry. Neutron-activation analysis revealed 23 elements and atomic-absorption spectrophotometry 4 others. Including all known records by other investigators, this brings the total of elementary components identified in P. oceanica up to 42: antimony, arsenic, barium, bromine, cadmium, cesium, calcium, carbon, cerium, chromium, cobalt, copper, europium, gold, hafnium, hydrogen, iodine, iron, lanthanum, lead, magnesium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, rubidium, samarium, scandium, selenium, silver, sodium, strontium, tantalum, terbium, thorium, uranium, ytterbium, zinc, zirconium. These elements display significant differences in their distribution in the various parts of the plant (roots, rhizomes, and growing and freshly budded leaves). |
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