Phytoextraction by arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. from six arsenic-contaminated soils: Repeated harvests and arsenic redistribution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-218

  Gonzaga, Maria I S ^a   Santos, Jorge A G ^a   Ma, Lena Q ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic fractionation; Continuous phytoextraction; Plant arsenic uptake

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ARSENIC; BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARSENIC FRACTIONATION; CONTINUOUS PHYTOEXTRACTION; PLANT ARSENIC UPTAKE;

SOILS;

ARSENIC; OXIDE;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAKE FERN; HARVESTING; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; PTERIS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 44449167543     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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