Use of aquatic plants and algae for decontamination of waters polluted with chlorinated alkanes

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-226

  Nzengung, Valentine A ^a   Wolfe, Lee N ^b   Rennels, Darrell E ^b   McCutcheon, Steven C ^b   Wang, Chuhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquatic plants; Assimilation; Chlorinated alkanes; Decontamination; Metabolize; Phytoremediation; Phytotransformation; Polluted; Sequester

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 0001369364     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226519908500016     Document Type: Article

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