Phytoremediation Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 3 [Hardcover]

This book details the plant-assisted remediation method, phytoremediation, which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil removal and burial practices.

CONTENTS

Section 1 - Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminants

1.      Phytoremediation of Mining Areas: An Overview of Application in Lead and Zinc Contaminated Soils

Tiziana Lai, Giovanna Cappai, and Alessandra Carucci

2.      Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals by Fast-Growing Trees: A Review

Slobodanka Pajevi, Milan Boriaev, Nataaa Nikoli, Danijela D. Arsenov, Milan }upunski, and Saaa Orlovi

3.      Biological Approaches for Remediation of Metal-Contaminated Sites

A.P. Pinto, A. de Varennes, M. E. Lopes, and D. Martins Teixeira

4.      Biosorption of Heavy Metal from Aqueous Solutions

Prayad Pokethitiyook and Toemthip Poolpak

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