Phytoremediation of PAH-contaminated areas

Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 295-308

  Gąsecka, Monika ^a   Włodarczyk Makuła, Maria ^b   Popenda, Agnieszka ^b   Drzewiecka, Kinga ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Determination; Mycoremediation; PAHs; Plants; Removal; Soil contamination; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939617187     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10395-2_21     Document Type: Chapter

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