Using Mediterranean shrubs for the phytoremediation of a soil impacted by pyritic wastes in Southern Spain: A field experiment

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1584-1590

  Moreno Jiménez, Eduardo ^a   Vázquez, Saúl ^b   Carpena Ruiz, Ramón O ^a   Esteban, Elvira ^a   Peñalosa, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Arsenic; Metals; Mine soil; Native plants; Phytostabilisation; Plant survival

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON OXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACID SOIL; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINE WASTE; NATIVE SPECIES; PH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PYRITE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SHRUB; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; TAILINGS DAM; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANTING DENSITY; ROSEMARY; SHRUB; SOIL; SOIL ACIDITY; SPAIN; SPILLAGE; SURVIVAL;

ANDALUCIA; AZNALCOLLAR; GUADIAMAR RIVER; SEVILLA; SPAIN;

MYRTUS COMMUNIS; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; TAMARIX GALLICA;

EID: 79952443401     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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