Bioremoval of lead from water using Lemna minor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-230

  Rahmani, Gazi Nazmul Haq ^a   Sternberg, Steven P K ^a  

^a CEC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremoval; Duckweed; Kinetic model; Lead; Lemna minor

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOREMOVAL; DUCKWEED; LEMNA MINOR;

BIOMASS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REACTION KINETICS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

LEAD;

LEAD; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 0032801590     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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