Marine micro and macro algal species as biosorbents for heavy metals

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-251

  Brinza, Loredana ^a,b   Dring, Matthew J ^b   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Biomass; Biosorbent; Heavy metal; Sorption isotherm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925174998     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2007.029     Document Type: Article

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