Phytoremediation of Wastewater with Limnocharis Flava, Thalia Geniculata and Typha Latifolia in Constructed Wetlands

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 452-464

  Anning, Alexander K ^a   Korsah, Percy E ^a   Addo Fordjour, Patrick ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

bioaccumulation; heavy metal; removal efficiency; translocation factor

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ALISMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; GHANA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MARANTACEAE; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TYPHACEAE; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ALISMATACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GHANA; IRON; LEAD; MARANTACEAE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYPHACEAE; WASTE WATER; WETLANDS; ZINC;

LIMNOCHARIS FLAVA; THALIA GENICULATA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84871105920     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2012.716098     Document Type: Article

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