Azizah 2022 IOP Conf. Ser. Earth Environ. Sci. 967 012016
Azizah 2022 IOP Conf. Ser. Earth Environ. Sci. 967 012016
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Abstract. Bintan Island has high bauxite resource potential. However, its utilization is not
balanced with efforts to restore ex-mining land. Physical damage includes erosion and
sedimentation of red mud along the coast and the surrounding mangrove forest. This study
aims to determine environmental pollution based on the accumulation of lead (Pb) and
chromium (Cr) in redmud found in mangrove forests around the bauxite ex-mining area and
the adaptation of Avicennia marina to heavy metals. This research was conducted from April
to December 2020. Research survey and laboratory analysis using Atomic Absorban
Spectrophotometry. The results showed that Pb in the sediments and organs of A. marina
was higher than Cr. The results showed that the mangrove forest around the bauxite ex-
mining area of Bintan Island was contaminated with low levels of Pb and Cr metals (CF<1,
PLI<1) and the environment is lightly polluted (0<Igeo<1). Adaptation of A. marina showed
that the metal uptake mechanism was rhizofiltration (BCF<1, TF<1, BCF<TF) and the
physical condition was slightly damaged. There was no significant effect between Pb and Cr
metals in the sediments and organs of A. marina on the stem diameter and tree height (Sig.>
0.05).
1. Introduction
Land clearing in Bintan Island, Riau Islands Province has increased from year to year. There is a
former bauxite mine area of PT. Aneka Tambang (ANTAM) in Bintan Regency and Tanjungpinang
City has become an office area, densely populated settlement activities [1]. However, most of the
ex-bauxite mining areas in Bintan Island have not been adequately restored, causing erosion and
sedimentation of red-mud accumulated around the mangrove forest. In contrast the mangrove
ecosystem relies heavily on its root system to preserve itself. In addition, the mud containing humus
in the substrate contains organic and inorganic elements such as phosphorus (P), nitrogen (N) and
potassium (K) which are needed by mangroves [2]. Meanwhile, the physico-chemical properties of
the soil derived from the former bauxite mine on Bintan Island showed low contain N, P and K
content values due to soil leaching [3]. Concentration of pollutants produced from bauxite could
disrupt the environmental structure of the soil layer, so that heavy metal content from mining
activities can accumulate and cause the concentration of heavy metal levels to increase [4]. The
increase in pollutants accumulated in the sediments harms effect on the ecosystem and the quality of
the surrounding environment.
Avicennia marina is one of the many types of mangroves found on the coast of Bintan Island
According to several research results, A. marina can absorb heavy metal elements through its root
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system [5,6]. However, there has been no study on the ability of A. marina located around the former
bauxite mining area of Bintan Island to accumulate heavy metals. Therefore, this research is expected
to be a source of information in the phytoremediation of heavy metals by A. marina around the
former bauxite mining area.
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The results of the measurement of metal content in the sediment were then analyzed for the value
of the translocation factor (TF). while the metal values in A. marina were analyzed for the value of
the bio-concentration factor (BCF) based on the following equation [12]. TF and BCF value
categories are presented in table 1.
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2020 are presented in table 2. Based on table 2, it is known that the average value of Pb content
Figure 1. Sampling location in Bintan Island: (a) Tembeling, (b) Senggarang, (c) Sungai Carang and (d) Wacopek.
(d)
(b)
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dissolved in seawater around the mangrove forest that grows in the post-bauxite mining area of
Bintan Island ranges from 0.0013-0.0139 ppm. The highest Pb value was in Wacopek, followed by
Carang River, Senggarang and the lowest was in Tembeling. The Pb value in the sediment at the
exact location ranged from 0.0596 – 0.2387 ppm. However, the highest Pb content in the sediment
was Senggarang while the lowest was Tembeling. Based on the quality standard according to
Environment Minister's Decision No. 51 of 2004 Appendix III for Marine Biota and Marine
Ecotourism [13] value in seawater around the post-bauxite mining area in the Carang, Wacopek and
Senggarang Rivers has exceeded the limit maximum quality standard.
The average value of Cr in the sea waters at the study site ranged from 0.0001 to 0.0080 ppm.
The highest value was found in Carang River, then Wacopek, Senggarang and the lowest value were
found in Tembeling. In sediments, the average Cr content is higher than in dissolved in water. The
highest Cr value was found in Wacopek, then, Senggarang, Carang River and the lowest was found
in Tembeling. Concentration of Cr is influenced by organic material in the sediment [14]. Chromium
in nature is never found as a pure metal. Sources of Cr in nature are very few, namely rock chromite
(Fe4Cr2O4) and chromate oxide (Cr2O3). Generally, Cr comes from the industrial waste of metals,
textiles, paper, leather tanning, wool treatment and others [15].
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environment is classified as lightly polluted because 0 < I_geo < 1. Based on these values, the
environmental conditions of mangrove forests in the former bauxite mining area Bintan Island has
not experienced heavy metal pollution. Whilst, they have been contaminated by heavy metal
elements. However, several types of mangrove vegetation and another aquatic biota in the area,
suspected that heavy metal accumulation has occurred in this vegetation and biota. Suppose the
accumulation continues for a long time. In that case, it will endanger the ecological system in the
mangrove ecosystem, such as the food chain process, which will impact on humans as consumers at
the highest trophic level.
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< 1, but for Cr metal there is a TF value > 1, namely in the Senggarang and Tembeling areas. These
differences indicate that A. marina in the Carang and Wacopek River areas, the heavy metal
absorption mechanism is classified as a phytostabilization mechanism. In contrast, in the Senggarang
and Tembeling areas, it is a phytoextraction mechanism. The TF value was obtained from the
comparison of metal accumulation in the mangrove leaves with the roots. The TF value is calculated
to determine the translocation of heavy metal contaminants that enter the plant parts from the soil to
the roots or to other parts of the plant. If the TF value > 1 indicates that the plant effectively
translocates pollutants from the soil to the roots. Furthermore, the calculation of BCF and TF can be
used to determine the status of plants as phytoextraction (TF>1) and phytostabilization (TF<1).
The BCF value is the ratio between the total accumulation of mangrove organs (roots, stems and
leaves) and metals in the sediment. The BCF parameter compares the concentration of compounds
in the environment and the tissues or bodies of organisms [21]. A plant in accumulating heavy metals
could be divided into three, namely BCF > 1 classified as Accumulator, BCF < 1 classified as
Excluder while BCF = 1 classified as Indicator [22]. Based on table 5, A. marina are classified as
plants that are low heavy metal accumulators because the BCF value is < 250.
In general, the absorption mechanism for Pb and Cr metals shows BCF values > 1 and BCF > TF.
This value indicates that the species is classified as an accumulator plant that cannot prevent heavy
metals Pb and Cr from the sediment to the roots. It is just that the mechanism of absorption of heavy
metal elements carried out by the roots is selected by rhizofiltration by the root system, so that it
does not poison the body. That mechanism is a form of adaptation of A. marina to the accumulation
of heavy metals in high sediments. Thus, allow A. marina to survive in such conditions, classified as
effective plants in translocating metals from the soil to the roots.
4. Conclusions
The status of the environmental pollution index in the former bauxite mining area on Bintan Island
is classified as unpolluted but has been lightly contaminated by heavy metals. The values of Pb and
Cr metals that accumulated in the sediment and dissolved in the waters of the mangrove forest
ecosystem were still of low value, and varied. The adaptation of A. marina to the accumulation of
Pb and Cr was rhizofiltration and phytostabilization. This adaptation shows that A. marina can live
in former bauxite mining areas that contain heavy metals and accumulate them in their bodies
without experiencing physical disturbances.
Acknowledgments
Thanks are conveyed to the Bioprocess Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Riau. Also
to Deded Ananda, a student majoring in marine science at the Maritime University Raja Ali Haji
Tanjungpinang who has assisted in field sampling.
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