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Phytoremediation

Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 2

  • Written by the world's leading authorities on phytoremediation
  • Contains the latest case studies and applied techniques of phytoremediation
  • Elucidates ground breaking methods for the production of plants to degrade or absorb the effects of pollutants

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Phytoremediation Applications for Waste Water and Improved Water Quality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Improved Quality of Abattoir Wastewater Through Phytoremediation

      • Eki T. Aisien, Felix A. Aisien, Okoduwa I. Gabriel
      Pages 3-10
    3. Phytoremediation of Contaminated Waters to Improve Water Quality

      • Lucía Grijalbo Fernández, Mercedes Fernández-Pascual, Francisco Javier Gutiérrez Mañero, José Antonio Lucas García
      Pages 11-26
    4. On-Site and Full-Scale Applications of Phytoremediation to Repair Aquatic Ecosystems with Metal Excess

      • Laura de Cabo, Roberto Serafini, Silvana Arreghini, Alicia Fabrizio de Iorio
      Pages 27-40
    5. Phytoremediation of Eutrophic Waters

      • Abid Ali Ansari, Subrata Trivedi, Fareed Ahmad Khan, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Rubina Perveen, Mudasir Irfan Dar et al.
      Pages 41-50
    6. Phytoremediation of Water and Wastewater: On-Site and Full-Scale Applications

      • Gabriel Basílico, Laura de Cabo, Ana Faggi
      Pages 51-60
  3. Phytoremediation Using Plants, Microbial Assemblages, and Novel Applications in Soil and Water

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. Interaction Algae–Bacteria Consortia: A New Application of Heavy Metals Bioremediation

      • Ana Lucia Rengifo-Gallego, Enrique Javier Peña Salamanca
      Pages 63-73
    3. Heavy Metals Phytoremediation from Urban Waste Leachate by the Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

      • Amin Mojiri, Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Ramlah Bt Mohd Tajuddin, Shahin Gavanji, Ali Gholami
      Pages 75-81
    4. Cyanobacteria as Potential Options for Wastewater Treatment

      • Anjuli Sood, Nirmal Renuka, Radha Prasanna, Amrik Singh Ahluwalia
      Pages 83-93
    5. Phytoremediation Using Rhizobia

      • Clarisse Brígido, Bernard R. Glick
      Pages 95-114
    6. Phytoremediation of Copper-Contaminated Soil

      • Anna Karczewska, Andrzej Mocek, Piotr Goliński, Mirosław Mleczek
      Pages 143-170
    7. Phytoremediation of the Metalloid Selenium in Soil and Water

      • Zhilin Wu, Gary S. Bañuelos, Xuebin Yin, Zhiqing Lin, Norman Terry, Ying Liu et al.
      Pages 171-175
    8. Phytoremediation Using Microbial Communities: I

      • Mohammad Miransari
      Pages 177-182
    9. Phytoremediation Using Microbial Communities: II

      • Elizabeth Temitope Alori
      Pages 183-190
    10. Phytoremediation and the Electrokinetic Process: Potential Use for the Phytoremediation of Antimony and Arsenic

      • Nazaré Couto, Paula Guedes, Alexandra B. Ribeiro, Dong-Mei Zhou
      Pages 199-209

About this book

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 contaminated with high levels of metals, pesticides, solvents, radionuclides, explosives, crude oil, organic compounds and various other contaminants. Each chapter highlights and compares the beneficial and economical alternatives of phytoremediation to currently practiced soil 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    Abid Ali Ansari

  • Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

    Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill

  • College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, USA

    Guy R. Lanza, Lee Newman

About the editors

Dr. Abid A Ansari, M.Sc., Ph.D

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk

Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill, M.Sc. (Gold medal), M.Phil., Ph.D, Dr. Ritu Gill, Ph.D

Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Lab, Centre for Biotechnology,

MD University, Rohtak 124 001,

Haryana, India

Dr. Guy R. Lanza, Ph.D.

Aquatic Ecology and Microbiology

Department of Environmental and Forest Biology

SUNY – College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

and

Dr. Lee Newman, Ph.D

Biotechnology and Phytoremediation

Department of Environmental and Forest Biology

SUNY - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Phytoremediation

  • Book Subtitle: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 2

  • Editors: Abid Ali Ansari, Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Ritu Gill, Guy R. Lanza, Lee Newman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10969-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10968-8Published: 25 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37704-9Published: 08 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10969-5Published: 03 March 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 366

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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