During a study regarding to metal accumulation in aquatic macrophytes
in six sampling sites on the Southeast of Queensland,
Australia, Cardwell et al. (2002) found metal magnification from
0.00 to 0.40 mg kg1 for cadmium; 3.13 to 16.40 mg kg1 for copper;
1.35 to 5.39 mg kg1 for lead; and 19.8 to 90.2 mg kg1 for
zinc, all of these results related to the aerial part of T. domingensis
plant.