Metals in the Environment: Analysis by Biodiversity (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
M.N.V. Prasad
A summary of data on heavy metal accumulation, biomonitoring, toxicity and tolerance, metal contamination and pollution in the environment, and the importance of biodiversity for environmental monitoring and cleanup of metal-contaminated and polluted ecosystems. It advocates the use of bacteria, mycorrhizae, freshwater algae, salt marshes, bryo- and pteridophytes, angiosperms, constructed wetlands, reed beds, and floating plant systems and tree crops to treat wastewaters and industrial effluents containing toxic heavy metals.
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Year:
2001
Edition:
1
Publisher:
CRC Press
Language:
english
Pages:
500
ISBN 10:
0824705238
Series:
Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
File:
PDF, 8.71 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2001