Phytoremediation: Role of Aquatic Plants in Environmental Clean-Up - Dhir, Bhupinder; SpringerLink (Online service) (New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Introduction -- Contaminants in aquatic environment -- Wastewater treatment methods -- Bioremediation -- Phytoremediation technology -- Plant species used in phytoremediation technology -- Aquatic plant species and removal of contaminants -- Contaminants removed by aquatic plants -- Major plant species -- Other aquatic plant species -- Mechanism of removal of contaminants by aquatic plants -- Inorganic contaminants -- Organic contaminants. Role of Wetlands -- Constructed wetlands -- Mechanism of contaminant removal -- Contaminants removed by wetlands -- Limitations -- Future -- Future Prospects -- Biotechnological approach -- Limitations -- Cost analysis -- Conclusions and future development.        .
Keywords: Ecotoxicology; Water pollution; Pollution; Plant ecology; Plant science; Botany; Ecology .; Ecotoxicology; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Pollution, general; Plant Ecology; Plant Sciences; Ecology