Preliminary test of arsenic and mercury uptake by Poa annua

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-350

  Comino, Elena ^a   Fiorucci, Adriano ^a   Menegatti, Stefania ^a   Marocco, Cecilia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Arsenic; Constructed wetland; Gravel; Mercury; Poa annua; Rhizofiltration; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MERCURY; POA ANNUA; RHIZOFILTRATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIOREMEDIATION; GRAVEL; METAL TESTING; METALS; WETLANDS; ZEOLITES;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMALIA; BOS; POA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 61449262788     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.017     Document Type: Review

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