Comparative assessment of Azolla pinnata and Vallisneria spiralis in Hg removal from G.B. Pant Sagar of Singrauli Industrial region, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 75-84

  Rai, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Tripathi, B D ^b  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; G.B. Pant Sagar; Heavy metals; Mercury; Phytoremediation; Vallisneria

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COAL MINES; EFFLUENTS; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINING; MINING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PORPHYRINS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RNA; SEWAGE; TURBULENT FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC PLANTS; G.B. PANT SAGAR; MERCURY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; VALLISNERIA;

MERCURY (METAL);

CHLOROPHYLL A; MERCURY; NITRITE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERN; LABORATORY METHOD; MACROPHYTE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AZOLLA PINNATA; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; FERN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROPHYTE; MERCURIALISM; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT NUTRIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERNS; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SINGRAULI; SOUTH ASIA;

AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; AZOLLA PINNATA; HYDROPTERIDALES; VALLISNERIA; VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS;

EID: 58049149245     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0140-2     Document Type: Article

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