Potential of aquatic macrophytes for removing contaminants from the environment

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 754-781

  Dhir, Bhupinder ^a   Sharmila, P ^a   Saradhi, P Pardha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Heavy metals; Organic contaminants; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; AQUATIC PLANTS; AS EXTRACTION; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; INDUSTRIAL UNITS; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; INORGANIC/ORGANIC; MINE TAILINGS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY;

AQUACULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; BOATS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXPLOSIVE; HEAVY METAL;

DEGRADATION; EXPLOSIVE; HEAVY METAL; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STABILIZATION; TAILINGS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MACROPHYTE; MINE TAILINGS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 70349212394     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380801977776     Document Type: Review

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