Phytoremediation of heavy metals from aqueous solutions by two aquatic macrophytes, Ceratophyllum demersum and Lemna gibba L.

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1609-1614

  Abdallah, Maha Ahmed Mohamed ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Aquatic macrophytes; Bioconcentration factor; Chromium; Lead; Removal

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; EXPERIMENTS; LEAD; REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

ACCUMULATION; AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; INCUBATION PERIODS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; TOXIC METALS; WETLAND PLANTS;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

AQUATIC PLANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

AMBIENT AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; DRY WEIGHT; INCUBATION TIME; ISOTHERM; LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEDIMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 84872002673     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.640354     Document Type: Article

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