Copper and zinc in Elodea canadensis from rivers with various pollution levels

•Higher increase in biomass of E. canadensis under the binary influence of Cu and Zn.•The younger leaves were more resistant to the Cu and Zn effect than the older leaves.•Binary Cu+Zn on E. canadensis resulted in less cell disintegration than Cu. The anthropogenic impact of xenobiotics contributes...

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