Gentle remediation at the former "Pertusola Sud" zinc smelter: Evaluation of native species for phytoremediation purposes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 343-353

  Marchiol, Luca ^a   Fellet, Guido ^a   Boscutti, Francesco ^a   Montella, Carlo ^b   Mozzi, Riccardo ^b   Guarino, Carmine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Syndial SpA Engineering and Environmental Technologies   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Gentle remediation; Native species; Translocation factor; Zinc smelter

Indexed keywords

BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; METALS AND METALLOIDS; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOREMEDIATION POTENTIALS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSLOCATION FACTOR;

BIOREMEDIATION; CADMIUM; COPPER; GERMANIUM; LEAD; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOILS; TISSUE; ZINC; ZINC SMELTING;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BARE SOIL; CADMIUM; CLEANUP; COPPER; DICOTYLEDON; HYPERACCUMULATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TRANSLOCATION; ZINC;

CALABRIA; CROTONE; ITALY;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; GALACTITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCIRPOIDES HOLOSCHOENUS; SILENE;

EID: 84875279967     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.072     Document Type: Article

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