Plants that hyperaccumulate heavy metals : their role in phytoremediation, microbiology, archaeology, mineral exploration and phytomining /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brooks, R. R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York : CAB International, [1998]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • General introduction / R.R. Brooks
  • Phytochemistry of hyperaccumulators / R.R. Brooks
  • Geobotany and hyperaccumulators / R.R. Brooks
  • Biogeochemistry and hyperaccumulators / R.R. Brooks
  • Seaweeds as hyperaccumulators / C.E. Dunn
  • Hyperaccumulation of metals by prokaryotic microorganisms including the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) / T.J. Beveridge
  • Phytoarchaeology and hyperaccumulators / R.R. Brooks
  • Hyperaccumulation as a plant defensive strategy / R.S. Boyd
  • Aquatic phytoremediation by accumlator plants / R.R. Brooks and B.H. Robinson
  • Revegetation and stabilisation of mine dumps and other degraded terrain / R.R. Brooks, A. Chiarucci and T. Jaffré
  • Fertilisation of hyperaccumulators to enhance their potential for phytoremediation and phytomining / F.A. Bennett ... [et al.]
  • Phytoextraction for soil remediation / S.P. McGrath
  • Phytoremediation by volatilisation / R.R. Brooks
  • A pioneering study of the potential of phytomining for nickel / L.J. Nicks and M.F. Chambers
  • The potential use of hyperaccumulators and other plants for phytomining / R.R. Brooks and B.H. Robinson.