Transformaton of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by the aquatic plant Myriophyllum spicatum

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2266-2273

  Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^a   Comstock, Kelly K ^a   Jacobson, Myrna E ^a   Michael Saunders, F ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Myriophyllum spicatum; Phytoremediation; Phytotoxicity; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

SODIUM AZIDE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; KINETICS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 0031730878     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<2266:TOTBTA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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