Arsenic uptake by common marsh fern Thelypteris palustris and its potential for phytoremediation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 379, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 263-265

  Anderson, LaShunda ^a   Walsh, Maud M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; ICP MS; Marsh fern; Phytoremediation; Thelypteris palustris

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MECHANICS; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATED WATER; PHYTOREMEDIATION; THELYPTERIS PALUSTRIS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ARSENIC;

FERN; MARSH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; FERN; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; THELYPTERIS PALUSTRIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FERNS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

THELYPTERIS; THELYPTERIS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 34248590012     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.09.032     Document Type: Article

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