Arsenic accumulation in aquatic plants (Central Portugal)

4th WSEAS International Conference on Waste Management, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Indoor Climate, WWAI '10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 73-76

  Pratas, João ^a,d   Favas, Paulo ^b,d   Rodrigues, Nelson ^a,d   Prasad, Majeti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; Biogeochemistry; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; GENERAL DESCRIPTION; LEMNA MINOR; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PORTUGAL;

AIR QUALITY; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; OIL SPILLS; WATER POLLUTION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952569475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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