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| Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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7149
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Pistia stratiotes is a potential candidate for the removal of Zn, Cr, Cu, Cd, Pb, Ag, and Hg. The plant could be used to treat water containing low concentrations of these elements.
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33803
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7150
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Pistia stratiotes could be used to remediate runoff (which often contains soluble nitrates, phosphates, and heavy metal trace elements) from nursery and greenhouse operations.
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32700
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7236
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Field
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) can absorb heavy metals and harmful chemicals from landfill leachate, and in combination with other species could be an effective phtyoremediator.
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Lahore, Pakistan
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41759
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7238
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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Uptake of heavy-metal, such as Cu, Zn, Fe, Cr, and Cd has little effect on water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes). This makes water lettuce (P. stratiotes) a potiential phytoremediator for heavy-metal polluted wastewater.
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41762
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7239
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) accelerated the dissipation process of the herbicide salfufenacil in water by absorption into plant tissues. This plant could help decontaminate waters near agricultural areas.
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41763
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7240
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) can effectively uptake mesotrione herbicides and degradation products from water without phytotoxic effects. This highlights the potiential for water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) as phytoremediation.
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41769
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7241
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) was determined to be a suitable phytoremediator for removing NH3-N and Cu from effluent from textile wastewater treatment plant.
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41765
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7243
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) can effectively dissipate the herbicide clomazone in water without accumulating clomazone in tissues.
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41767
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7244
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) can effectively uptake mesotrione herbicides and degradation products from water without phytotoxic effects. This highlights the potiential for water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) as phytoremediation.
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41769
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7245
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Dissolved organic matter and soluble compounds from water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) reduced the growth of phytoplankton species Anabaena sp. and Chlamydomonas moewusii. Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) could potientially be used to mitigate harmful cyanobacterial blooms.
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41771
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7248
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) can reomve arsenite from contaminated water with concentrations below 10 µM.
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41774
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7249
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Laboratory experiments indicated water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) could potiential remediate water with excessive nitrogen or phosphorous, potientially helping prevent eutrophication.
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41775
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7251
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Experiments showed that water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) can decolorize and detoxify synthetic textile dyes, such as DB 201.
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41780
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7252
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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In experiments, water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) was resistent to the herbicide clomazone and was able to remove 90% of the herbicide from water in trials.
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41783
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7253
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) effectivly removed indigo carmine dye water in experiments.
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41784
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7254
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Field
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In engineered wetlands from Marriott Lake, Egypt, water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) reduced biological oxygen demand, NH3, total nigtrogen, totall phosphorous, Fe, Cu, Ni, and Pb. This makes water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) a potientially effectivtive bioremediator for waterwater treatment.
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Marriot Lake, Egypt
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41785
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7257
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Laboratory experiments indicated water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) was potiential phytoremediator of flouride contaminated water.
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41789
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7258
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Mesocosm experiments showed that water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) was highly efficient at reducing total phosporous and chemical oxygen demand in rice mill wastewater.
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41791
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7259
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) effectively treated sugar mill effluent by uptaking and accumalting heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Fe, Cr, Pb, Zn, Mn) into root and leaf tissue.
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41792
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7260
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) accumulated Ni from contaminated water, further showing it capability to perform phytoremediation.
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41793
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7265
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) is considered and effective phytoremediator, reducing the amount of nitrogen, phosphourus and several heavy metals from wastewaters.
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41801
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7266
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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In experiments, water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) increased average dissolved oxygen and pH concentration by absorping nutrients, metal ions, and salts.
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41802
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7268
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Hydroponics studies showed that water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) can accumulate several antibiotics, including norfloxacin, sulfamethazine, and tetracyclines, from contaminated water.
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41807
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7270
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Experiments showed water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) is capable of absorbing and tolerating high concentrations of zinc from contaminated solutions.
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41812
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7272
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Pistia stratiotes
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) reduced turbidy, nitrogen, phosphorous, and heavy metals in post-treatment of domestic sewage.
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Toledo-PR, Brazil
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41814
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