2023
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3662840/v1
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Residues from the Fundão dam accident in Brazil and their effects on photosynthetic efficiency of two restinga plant species

Namir Gabriely Matos Lopes,
Eliemar Campostrini,
Marcel Giovanni Costa França
et al.

Abstract: In 2015, a breach in the Fundão Dam in Mariana (Minas Gerais State, Brazil) resulted in the release of contaminated tailings into the Doce River basin. This accident increased the concentrations of arsenic (As), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), vanadium (V), and manganese (Mn) in the soil, posing a potential hazard to the physiology of native species. Therefore, this study aimed to assess whether chlorophyll a fluorescence (ChlF) in Allagoptera arenaria and Guapira pernambucensis changed following this accident when t… Show more

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