Determination of heavy metal concentrations of Phragmites australis (CAV.) trin.ex stend and Typha angustifolia L. plants in the ahlat reeds and surrounding sediments

Heavy metals are considered to be one of the most dangerous and primary pollutants due to their high level of permanence and toxicity in the life of plants and animals in the environment. In this study, determination the heavy metal concentrations of Ahlat Reeds' dominant species of which were Phragmites australis (reed), Typha angustifolia (rush) and Lythrum salicaria (hevhulma) and the sediments surrounding these plants were emphasized. It is aimed to give contribution to both studies carried out in order to determine the effect of heavy metal pollutant intake into the plant body in the wetlands and to improve the remediation capacity of aquatic environment by applying phytoremediation method with the obtained results. In this study, we tried to determine the metal pollution level in the region by determining the heavy metal tolerance capacity of these plants. Metal (Mg, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni,Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and Ca ) tolerance capacity of plants used in this study (Phragmites australis,Typha angustifolia and Lythrum salicaria plants) were investigated and accumulation capacity of these plants were determined. According to soil analysis results, average concetrations of Mg, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb and Ca elements were determined as 480.05, 2.285, 89.47, 1721.5, 2.707, 0.942, 6.611, 0.067, 1.07, 69.255mg kg-1 respectively.