Phytoremediation as a management option for contaminated sediments in tidal marshes, flood control areas and dredged sediment landfill sites

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 745-764

  Bert, Valérie ^a   Seuntjens, Piet ^b,c   Dejonghe, Winnie ^b   Lacherez, Sophie ^a   Thuy, Hoang Thi Thanh ^d   Vandecasteele, Bart ^e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Institute for Environment and Resources   (Viet Nam)

^e INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioavailability; Biomass recovery; Contaminated sediment; Ecosystem; Flooding; Management option; Microorganisms; Phytoextraction; Phytostabilisation; Rhizodegradation; Risk assessment; Seasonal hydrological variations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COLONIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DREDGING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH RESPONSE; LANDFILL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARSH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RECYCLING; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; FLOODING; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350721521     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0205-6     Document Type: Article

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