Mercury uptake and accumulation by four species of aquatic plants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 234-237

  Skinner, Kathleen ^a   Wright, Nicole ^b   Porter Goff, Emily ^a  

^a Russell Sage College   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Heavy metals; Mercury; Microtox ; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; MICROTOXREG; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); POLLUTION CONTROL; TISSUE; WATER POLLUTION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

MERCURY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; AQUATIC PLANT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ROOT SYSTEM; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VAPOR;

ANGIOSPERMS; ARACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLOCASIA; CYPERACEAE; EICHHORNIA; MERCURY; PLANT ROOTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; PISTIA STRATIOTES; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI;

EID: 33750031979     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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