Resource manipulation in uranium and arsenic attenuation by Lemna gibba L. (duckweed) in tailing water of a former uranium mine

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 83-101

  Mkandawire, Martin ^a   Taubert, Barbara ^a   Dudel, E Gert ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Bioaccumulation; Chemical speciation; Immobilisation; Phosphates; Resource manipulation; Tailing water; Uranium mines

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; URANIUM; WATER;

AMMONIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; IMMOBILIZATION;

RESOURCE VALUATION;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; URANIUM; WATER;

ARSENIC; NATURAL ATTENUATION; TAILINGS; URANIUM;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; URANIUM MINE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEED;

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 24644438642     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-8202-y     Document Type: Article

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