Arsenic removal from waters by bioremediation with the aquatic plants Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and Lesser Duckweed (Lemna minor)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8436-8440

  Alvarado, Sandra ^a   Guédez, Magdiel ^a   Lué Merú, Marcó P ^b   Nelson, Graterol ^a,b   Alvaro, Anzalone ^b   Jesús, Arroyo C ^b   Gyula, Záray ^c,d  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Politecnica Antonio Jose de Sucre   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d Trace Elements Institute to UNESCO   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioremediation; Lesser Duckweed (Lemna minor); Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; NONMETALS;

AQUATIC PLANTS; ARSENIC REMOVAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LEMNAMINOR (L.); WATER HYACINTH;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; WATER;

AQUATIC PLANT; ARSENIC; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PHYTOREMEDIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOREMEDIATION; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LEAF TISSUE; LESSER DUCKWEED; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER HYACINTH; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ARACEAE; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EICHHORNIA; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 47749134900     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.02.051     Document Type: Article

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