Phytoremediation: Using plants as biopumps to improve degraded environments

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 599-611

  Robinson, Brett ^a   Green, Steve ^a   Mills, Tessa ^a   Clothier, Brent ^a   Van Der Velde, Marijn ^a,b   Laplane, Raphael ^a   Fung, Lindsay ^a   Deurer, Markus ^a   Hurst, Sarah ^a   Thayalakumaran, Thabo ^a   Van Den Dijssel, Carlo ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Lysimeter; Modelling; Phyto remediation; Phytoextraction; Phytomining

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; LEACHING;

ORGANIC MATTERS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL; LYSIMETER; MODELING; PUMPING;

POPULUS;

EID: 0037743384     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR02131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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