Metal and metalloid removal in constructed wetlands, with emphasis on the importance of plants and standardized measurements: A review

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3447-3461

  Marchand, L ^a   Mench, M ^a   Jacob, D L ^b   Otte, M L ^b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotype; Macrophyte; Metal; Micro organism; Phytoremediation; Pollution; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTAMINATED WATER; ECOTYPE; IONIC FORMS; KEY COMPONENT; MACROPHYTES; METAL REMOVAL; METAL REMOVAL PROCESS; METAL REMOVAL RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MONOCOTS; NEW INDICES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT SPECIES; STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENT; STANDARDIZED PROCEDURE; SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS; SYSTEM SIZE; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

BIOREMEDIATION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALLOIDS; METALS; REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SUBSTRATES; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FERRIC ION; IRON; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

CLASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOTYPE; MACROPHYTE; MICROORGANISM; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOTYPE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; MACROPHYTE; MOISTURE; MONOCULTURE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; SYMBIOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALLOIDS; METALS; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 77957696660     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.08.018     Document Type: Review

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