Uptake of cadmium and zinc from synthetic effluent by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 3, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 36-42

  Mohamad, Hafidzatul Husna ^a   Latif, Puziah Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cadmium; Metal uptake; Water hyacinth (Eichchornia crassipes); Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC PLANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROOT; SHOOT; ZINC;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 76849112728     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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