Threat of heavy metal pollution in halophytic and mangrove plants of Tamil Nadu, India

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 320-326

  Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^a   Chen, Fu An ^a   Hsu, Minna J ^b  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factors; Environmental conservation; Halophytes; Heavy metals; India; Mangroves

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; IRON; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLLUTION; TIN; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

AQUATIC BIOTA; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS (BCF); COASTAL AREAS; HALOPHYTIC PLANTS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL TOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; MANGROVE FORESTS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; PLANT SPECIES; SOUTH INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TOXIC LEVELS; TOXIC TRACE METALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALOPHYTE; HEAVY METAL; MANGROVE; MARINE POLLUTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HALOPHYTE; INDIA; MANGROVE; MEDICINAL PLANT; POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INDIA; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 48549083759     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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