European University of Lefle, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technologies, Department of Landscape Architecture, Mersin, Turkey.
Int J Phytoremediation. 2011 Aug;13(7):681-91. doi: 10.1080/15226514.2010.500155.
The Cupper Mining Company (CMC)'s site located in Lefke-Gemikonagi, Northern Cyprus has been a continuous source of highly dangerous contamination for the surrounding environment, the Lefke region, and the neighboring ecosystems and settlements. Rehabilitation and reuse possibilities of the CMC site due to its vital importance have kept its place in the agenda of Northern Cyprus. Phytostabilization appears to be a convenient and less expensive method that can immediately be used for reducing the negative impacts of the mining site on the region. The main purpose of this study is to identify potential candidate plant species, adapted to grow on polluted sites, for revegetation in the CMC site. Within this context, the method of the study can be summarized as follows: literature review for examining potential candidate plant species for pyhtostabilization in arid and semiarid regions, especially the ones suitable both for the existing ecological and present conditions of Cyprus; identification of native and/or cultural plant species survived in the heavily polluted mining site, and definition of a number of candidate plant species for the study site. The result of sampling revealed that 23 plant species thrive well in the contaminated site. As a result of the literature review and considering drought, metal, salt tolerant features of semiarid environment in the region, 5 tree, 4 shrub, and 23 herbaceous plant species were proposed for starting revegetation with the purpose of phytostabilization on the CMC mining site.
北塞浦路斯 Lefke-Gemikonagi 的 Cupper Mining Company (CMC) 矿区一直是周围环境、Lefke 地区以及邻近生态系统和定居点的高度危险污染的持续来源。由于其重要性，CMC 矿区的修复和再利用可能性使其在北塞浦路斯的议程上占有一席之地。植物稳定化似乎是一种方便且廉价的方法，可以立即用于减少矿区对该地区的负面影响。本研究的主要目的是确定适应在污染地区生长的潜在候选植物物种，以便在 CMC 矿区进行植被恢复。在这方面，研究方法可以概括如下：审查干旱和半干旱地区潜在候选植物物种进行植物稳定化的文献，特别是那些既适合塞浦路斯现有生态和现有条件的物种；确定在污染严重的矿区幸存的本地和/或文化植物物种，并为研究地点确定一些候选植物物种。采样结果表明，有 23 种植物在受污染的地点生长良好。根据文献综述，并考虑到该地区半干旱环境的干旱、金属和盐分耐受特性，提出了 5 种乔木、4 种灌木和 23 种草本植物，以开始在 CMC 矿区进行植物稳定化的植被恢复。
