Conceptual Background of Bioaccumulation in Environmental Science
1 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B. 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
2 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B. 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
3 Northeast Zonal Biotechnology Centre, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B. 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
4 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B. 1069, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
5 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, P.M.B. 3011, Kano State, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, 2021, 01(01), 035–041.
Article DOI: 10.53346/wjapls.2021.1.1.0015
Publication history:
Received on 09 March 2021; revised on 28 April 2021; accepted on 01 May 2021
Abstract:
Environmental metal pollution is one of the serious global problems with severe health effects due to its persistence and accumulation in living organisms, these require biological strategies such as bioaccumulation for remediation, the main environmental contaminants are associated to water, soil, and air. Meanwhile, Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of pollutants in living organisms which enable to assess the risk related to their presence in the ecosystems. In other words; Bioaccumulation is the net result of all uptake and loss processes, such as respiratory and dietary uptake, and loss by egestion, metabolism, passive diffusion, transfer to offspring and growth. Hence, this paper provides the conceptual background of bioaccumulation factors, effect of heavy metals on the ecosystems, and the organisms involved in the processes as well as some fishes and plants responsible for bioaccumulation.
Keywords:
Ecosystems; Environment; Heavy Metals; Contaminants; Accumulation
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