Phytoremediation of heavy-metal-polluted soils: Screening for new accumulator plants in Angouran mine (Iran) and evaluation of removal ability

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1349-1353

  Chehregani, Abdolkarim ^a,c   Noori, Mitra ^b   Yazdi, Hossein Lari ^c  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heavy metal pollution; Metal accumulator; Noea mucronata; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; LEAD; MINE WASTE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; ZINC;

AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLYGONUM; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRAN; IRON; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NICKEL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; GUNDELIA TOURNEFORTII; POLYGONUM AVICULARE;

EID: 67349117110     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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