Phytoremediation for the management of metal flux in contaminated sites

Forest Snow and Landscape Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-234

  Robinson, Brett ^a   Schulin, Rainer ^a   Nowack, Bernd ^a   Roulier, Stéphanie ^a   Menon, Manoj ^a   Clothier, Brent ^b   Green, Steve ^b   Mills, Tessa ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Hydraulic control; Phytoextraction; Phytostabilisation

Indexed keywords

CLEANUP; METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

EID: 33749451022     PISSN: 14245108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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