Metals in the environment : analysis by biodiversity /
by M.N.V. Prasad.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (504 pages)
- Books in soils, plants, and the environment .
Chapter 1 Bacteria -- chapter 2 Mycorrhizal Fungi / chapter 3 Freshwater Algae / chapter 4 Salt Marshes / chapter 5 Lichens / chapter 6 Bryophytes and Pteridophtes / chapter 7 Angiosperms (Asteraceae, Convolvulaceae, Fabaceae and Poaceae; other than Brassicaceae) / chapter 8 Brassicaceae / chapter 9 Aquatic Macrophytes / chapter 10 Aluminum Toxicity in Acid Soils: Plant Responses to Aluminum / chapter 11 Tree Crops / chapter 12 Tree Bark: Tree " Bark Pockets" as Pollution Time Capsules for Historical Monitoring / chapter 13 Tree Rings and Dendroanalysis / chapter 14 Heavy Metal Interactions in Soils and Implications for Soil Microbial Biodiversity / chapter 15 Behavior of Heavy Metals and Their Remediation in Metalliferous Soils / Jan V. Colpaert -- Barbara Pawlik-Skowronska -- Isabel Ca dor and Carlos Vale -- Cristina Branquinho -- Nicholas W. Lepp -- Anna Siedlecka -- Luigi Sanita di Toppi, Maria Augusta Favali, Roberto Gabbrielli, and Patrizia Gremigni -- M.N.V. Prasad -- Hideaki Matsumoto -- Tracy Punshon -- Kenichi Satake -- C. Nabais -- R. Naidu -- Arun B. Mukherjee.
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.