| Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 1 Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Ansari, Abid A. (Editor), Gill, Sarvajeet Singh (Editor), Gill, Ritu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319346342 ISBN-13: 9783319346342 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $237.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Pollution Control - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 628.4 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 8.25" W x 11" (1.81 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, "phytoremediation", which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil and water contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, nutrients, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil and water removal and burial practices. This book covers state of the art approaches in Phytoremediation written by leading and eminent scientists from around the globe. Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 1 supplies its readers with a multidisciplinary understanding in the principal and practical approaches of phytoremediation from laboratory research to field application. |