Duckweed as heavy metal accumulator and pollution indicator in industrial wastewater ponds

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 400-406

  Hegazy, A K ^a   Kabiel, H F ^a   Fawzy, M ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Degreening; Phytoremediation; Pigments

Indexed keywords

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 77954414202     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.956     Document Type: Article

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