How do the plants used in phytoremediation in constructed wetlands, a sustainable remediation strategy, perform in heavy-metal-contaminated mine sites?

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-386

  Adams, Allan ^a,b   Raman, Anantanarayanan ^a,b   Hodgkins, Dennis ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b E H Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heavy metal contamination; Leachate; Phytoremediation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ENGINEERING METHODS; IMMOBILISATION; LEACHATES; MINE WASTE ROCKS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SECONDARY WASTES;

GROUNDWATER; LEACHATE TREATMENT; METAL DRAWING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOREMEDIATION;

HEAVY METAL;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HEAVY METAL; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHATE; MINE; MINE WASTE; MINING INDUSTRY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; TAILINGS; WASTE TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; MINING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

EID: 84881669310     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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