Accumulation of arsenic by aquatic plants in large-scale field conditions: Opportunities for phytoremediation and bioindication

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 390-397

  Favas, Paulo J C ^a,d   Pratas, João ^b,d   Prasad, M N V ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Bioaccumulation; Central Portugal; Contaminated water; Phytofiltration; Phytotechnology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; CONTAMINATED WATER; PHYTOFILTRATION; PHYTOTECHNOLOGY; PORTUGAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; FILTRATION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

AQUATIC PLANT; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOINDICATOR; PHYTOREMEDIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; AZOLLA CAROLINIANA; BIOACCUMULATION; CALLITRICHE BRUTIA; CALLITRICHE HAMULATA; CALLITRICHE LUSITANICA; CALLITRICHE STAGNALIS; CALLITRICHINAE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; LEMNA MINOR; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS PELTATUS; RANUNCULUS TRICHOPHYLLUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANTS;

PORTUGAL;

AZOLLA CAROLINIANA; CALLITRICHE BRUTIA; CALLITRICHE LUSITANICA; CALLITRICHE STAGNALIS; FONTINALIS ANTIPYRETICA; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; LEMNA MINOR; RANUNCULUS PELTATUS; RANUNCULUS TRICHOPHYLLUS;

EID: 84864026572     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.091     Document Type: Article

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