Assessment of tropical grasses and legumes for phytoremediation of petroleum-contaminated soils

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 165, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 195-209

  Merkl, Nicole ^a,b   Schultze Kraft, Rainer ^a   Infante, Carmen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Brachiaria brizantha; Crude oil; Degradation; Oil fractions; Phytoremediation; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEGRADATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TOXICITY;

BRACHIARIA BRIZANTHA; OIL FRACTIONS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOXICITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

PETROLEUM; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA BRIZANTHA; CALOPOGONIUM MUCUNOIDES; CENTROSEMA BRASILIANUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYPERUS AGGREGATUS; DEATH; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE INDICA; FOLLOW UP; GREENHOUSE; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SAVANNA; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STYLOSANTHES CAPITATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; GRASSES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POLLUTION; SOIL;

CALOPOGONIUM MUCUNOIDES; CENTROSEMA BRASILIANUM; CYPERUS AGGREGATUS; ELEUSINE INDICA; POACEAE; STYLOSANTHES CAPITATA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 23844498122     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-4979-y     Document Type: Article

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