Boron removal by the duckweed Lemna gibba: A potential method for the remediation of boron-polluted waters

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 4579-4584

  Del Campo Marín, Claudia M ^a   Oron, Gideon ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Boron removal; Duckweed; Lemna gibba; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BORON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUTRIENTS;

BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; BORON REMOVAL; DUCKWEED; LEMNA GIBBA; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

BORON;

BIOMASS; BORON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUTRIENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BORON; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT; WEED; WETLAND;

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 36048977891     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.06.051     Document Type: Article

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