Description
Book SynopsisA 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.
Table of ContentsBacteria; mycorrhizal fungi; freshwater algae; saltmarsh metallophytes; lichens; bryophytes and pteridophytes; angiosperms (asteraceae, poaceae, caryophyllaceae); angiosperms (brassicaceae); aquatic macrophytes; plant response to aluminium toxicity in acid soil; tree crops; tree bark; tree rings and dendroanalysis; heavy metal interactions in soils and implications to soil microbial biodiversity; behaviour of heavy metals in soils.
