Phytoremediation of an arsenic-contaminated site using Pteris vittata L. and Pityrogramma calomelanos var. austroamericana: A long-term study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3506-3515

  Niazi, Nabeel Khan ^a,d   Singh, Balwant ^a   Van Zwieten, Lukas ^b   Kachenko, Anthony George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Nursery and Garden Industry Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cattle dip site; Chinese brake fern; Gold dust fern; Phytoextraction; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERN; GEOSTATISTICS; HARVESTING; HYPERACCUMULATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BRAKE FERN; FERN; METABOLISM; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FERNS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PTERIS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AURINIA SAXATILIS; BOS; FILICOPHYTA; PITYROGRAMMA AUSTROAMERICANA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 84865567532     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0910-4     Document Type: Article

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