Uranium accumulator plants from the centre of Portugal - Their potential to phytoremediation

Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 477-482

  Pratas, João ^a   Rodrigues, Nelson ^a   Paulo, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUATIC PLANTS; CENTRAL PORTUGAL; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; LEMNA MINOR; METAL TOLERANCE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTED SITES; PORTUGAL;

URANIUM;

EID: 77954372294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28367-6_47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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