Phytoremediation of low levels of heavy metals using duckweed (lemna minor)

Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants: Metabolism, Productivity and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 451-463

  Parra, Lué Merú Marcó ^a   Torres, Gosmyr ^a   Arenas, Adolfo David ^a   Sánchez, Erick ^a   Rodríguez, Korina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioremediation; Chromium; Copper; Lead; Lemna minor; Mercury; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880478755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/9781461406341_24     Document Type: Chapter

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