Phytoremedial assessment of flora tolerant to heavy metals in the contaminated soils of an abandoned Pb mine in Central Portugal

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2216-2225

  Pratas, João ^a   Favas, Paulo J C ^b   D'Souza, Rohan ^c   Varun, Mayank ^c   Paul, Manoj S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ag hyperaccumulation; Bioaccumulation; Metal tolerant plant community; Phytoextraction

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METALS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOILS;

CENTRAL PORTUGAL; CONTAMINATED SOILS; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HYPERACCUMULATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ASPARTIC ACID; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; HEAVY METAL; HERB; HYPERACCUMULATION; LEAD; MINE; MINERALIZATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CISTUS; CISTUS SALVIFOLIUS; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; MENTHA; MENTHA SUAVOLENS; METAL TOLERANCE; MINERALIZATION; MINING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RUSCUS; RUSCUS ULMIFOLIUS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

PORTUGAL;

CISTUS SALVIIFOLIUS; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; MENTHA; RUSCUS;

EID: 84872790496     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.079     Document Type: Article

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