@article{PAR00012821,
  title = {{S}creening biological traits and fluoride contents of native vegetations in arid environments to select efficiently fluoride-tolerant native plant species for in-situ phytoremediation},
  author = {{B}oukhris, {A}. and {L}affont-{S}chwob, {I}. and {M}ezghani, {I}. and {E}l {K}adri, {L}. and {P}rudent, {P}. and {P}ricop, {A}. and {T}atoni, {T}hierry and {C}haieb, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}igh fluoride pollution has been detected in the surrounding soils of the coastal superphosphate industries in the {G}ulf of {G}abes ({S}outheast of {T}unisia). {A} study was conducted in vicinity of factories analysing plant functional traits combined with plant fluoride accumulation and soil metal concentrations aiming to screen more efficiently native plant species tolerant to this pollution. {A}erial parts of 18 plant species out of the 10 most abundant species per site were harvested on two polluted sites of {G}abes and {S}khira at the vicinity of the factories and on the less polluted site of {S}mara. {N}ative plant species accumulated fluoride following the gradient of soil pollution. {F}luoride contents of plant aerial parts ranged from 37 mg kg(-1) to 360 mg kg(-1) and five plant species were only found in the most polluted site. {H}owever these latter had low biomass and soil cover. {C}rossing biological traits and fluoride contents, a selection grid for potentially restorative plant species enabled the selection of three native perennials i.e. {R}hanterium suaveolens, {A}tractylis serratuloides and, {E}rodium glaucophyllum as potential candidates for an in-situ phytoremediation program on arid fluoride-polluted sites. {T}his approach may be used in other fluoride-polluted {M}editerranean environments.},
  keywords = {{F}luoride pollution ; {P}ollutant tolerance ; {F}unctional traits ; {P}hytostabilization ; {TUNISIE} ; {GABES} {GOLFE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}hemosphere},
  volume = {119},
  numero = {},
  pages = {217--223},
  ISSN = {0045-6535},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.007},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00012821},
}