Metals in the Environment: Analysis by Biodiversity

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CRC Press, Jul 27, 2001 - Science - 504 pages
A 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.
 

Contents

Mycorrhizal Fungi
37
Maria Greger Department of Botany Stockholm University Stockholm
49
Freshwater Algae
59
Salt Marshes
95
Lichens
117
Bryophytes and Pteridophtes
159
Angiosperms Asteraceae Convolvulaceae Fabaceae
171
Brassicaceae
219
Plant Responses
289
Tree Crops
321
Tree Bark Pockets as Pollution Time Capsules
353
Tree Rings and Dendroanalysis
367
Heavy Metal Interactions in Soils and Implications for Soil
401
Behavior of Heavy Metals and Their Remediation
433
Biodiversity Index
473
Subject Index
483

Aquatic Macrophytes
259

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