Arsenic accumulation by the aquatic fern Azolla: Comparison of arsenate uptake, speciation and efflux by A. caroliniana and A. filiculoides

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1149-1155

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Lin, Ai Jun ^b   Zhao, Fang Jie ^c   Xu, Guo Zhong ^d   Duan, Gui Lan ^a   Zhu, Yong Guan ^a,e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Arsenic; As speciation; As tolerance; As uptake; Azolla; Detoxification

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION;

ACCUMULATION; AS SPECIATION; AS TOLERANCE; AS UPTAKE; AZOLLA;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FERN; PADDY FIELD; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; EFFUSION; FERN; SCREENING TEST; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; VELOCITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENATES; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ECOLOGY; FERNS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT SHOOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AZOLLA; AZOLLA CAROLINIANA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 55649108895     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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