Accumulation of heavy metals in a constructed wetland treating road runoff

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-139

  Gill, Laurence W ^a   Ring, Pamela ^a   Higgins, Neil M P ^b   Johnston, Paul M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Heavy metals; Highway runoff; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WETLANDS; ZINC;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HIGHWAY RUNOFF; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STRONG CORRELATION;

COPPER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RUNOFF;

EID: 84901792532     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.056     Document Type: Article

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