Heavy metal removal from water resources using the aquatic plant Apium nodiflorum

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1075-1081

  Vlyssides, Apostolos ^a,b   Barampouti, Elli Maria ^a   Mai, Sofia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absorption kinetics parameters estimation; Apium nodiflorum; Aquatic plant; Heavy metal removal

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL;

APIUM; HELOSCIADIUM NODIFLORUM;

EID: 18744396129     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-200050499     Document Type: Article

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