Potential of Arundo donax to treat chromium contamination

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 256-259

  Kausar, Shabana ^a   Mahmood, Qaisar ^a   Raja, Iftikhar Ahmad ^a   Khan, Afsar ^a   Sultan, Sikandar ^b   Gilani, Mazhar Amjad ^c   Shujaat, Shahida ^d  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

^d LAHORE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioremediation; Chromium pollution; Cr contaminated waters; Giant reed

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER; CR CONCENTRATION; CR CONTENT; DRY MATTER PRODUCTION; GIANT REED; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; GROWTH PARAMETERS; NUTRIENT SOLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM;

ANTIOXIDANT; BAMBOO; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARUNDO DONAX;

EID: 84857960494     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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