Phytoremediation: role of terrestrial plants and aquatic macrophytes in the remediation of radionuclides and heavy metal contaminated soil and water

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 946-962

  Sharma, Sunita ^a   Singh, Bikram ^a   Manchanda, V K ^b,c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chelating agents; Heavy metals; Macrophytes; Radionuclides; Terrestrial plants

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; RADIOISOTOPE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; METALS, HEAVY; PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84921937021     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3635-8     Document Type: Article

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