Plants that hyperaccumulate heavy metals : their role in phytoremediation, microbiology, archaeology, mineral exploration and phytomining /
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| Imprint: | Wallingford ; New York : CAB International, c1998. |
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| Description: | xii, 380 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3155001 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. General introduction
- 2. Phytochemistry of hyperaccumulators
- 3. Geobotany and hyperaccumulators
- 4. Biogeochemistry and hyperaccumulators
- 5. Seaweeds as hyperaccumulators
- 6. Hyperaccumulation of metals by prokaryotic microorganisms including blue-green algae (cyanobacteria)
- 7. Phytoarcheology and hyperaccumulators
- 8. Hyperaccumulation as a plant defensive strategy
- 9. Aquatic phytoremediation by accumulator plants
- 10. Revegetation and stabilisation of mine dumps and other degraded terrain
- 11. Fertilisation of hyperaccumulators to enhance their potential for phytoremediation and phytomining
- 12. Phytoextraction for soil remediation
- 13. Phytoremediation by volatilisation
- 14. A pioneering study of the potential of phytomining for nickel
- 15. The potential use of hyperaccumulators and other plants for phytomining
