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Heavy metal pollution ecology of macro-fungi: research advances and expectation.

ZHOU Qi-xing1,2;AN Xin-long2;WEI Shu-he1   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied
    Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; 2
    Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria at Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, NanKai University, Tianjing 300071, China
  • Received:2007-11-20 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-08-20 Published:2008-08-20

Abstract: Macro-fungi are the main component of biosphere and one of the ecological resources, and play very important roles in matter cycling and in maintaining ecological balances. This paper summarized and reviewed the research advances in the eco-toxicological effects of heavy metals on macrofungi, the bioaccumulation function of macro-fungi on heavy metals, the ecological adaptation mechanisms of macro-fungi to heavy metal pollution, the role of macro fungi as a bio-indicator of heavy metal pollution, and the potential of macro-fungi in the ecological remediation of contaminated environment. To strengthen the researches on the heavy metal pollution ecology of macrofungi would be of practical significance in the reasonable utilization of macro-fungi resources and in the ecological remediation of contaminated environment.

Key words: bay, ecosystem service, C9 leakage, damage assessment