The accumulation of arsenic, uranium, and boron in Lemna gibba L. exposed to secondary effluents

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1564-1567

  Sasmaz, Ahmet ^a   Obek, Erdal ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Duckweed; Lemna gibba; Municipal wastewater; Secondary treatment; Trace element

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; CONCENTRATION OF; DUCKWEED; FUNCTION OF TIME; IN-SITU; LEMNA GIBBA; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PLANT MATERIAL; SATURATION LEVELS; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SECONDARY TREATMENT; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC PLANT; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BORON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; URANIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 69749092206     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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