Managing water quality with aquatic macrophytes

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-266

  Srivastava, Jatin ^a   Gupta, Amit ^b   Chandra, Harish ^c  

^a CSJM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Gayatri College of Biomedical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Metals mesocosm; Nutrient ions; Selection of species; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349084341     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-008-9135-x     Document Type: Review

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