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Phytoremediation of emerging contaminants in wetlands / Prabhat Kumar Rai

Author
Rai, Prabhat Kumar
Published
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
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1 online resource : text file, PDF
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Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Reference; Reference; Author; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Water, Wetlands, and Phytoremediation of Emerging Environmental Contaminants; Water: Global Distribution and Water Quality (Physicochemical) Attributes; Water Pollution: Global Sources; Sources of Global Water Pollution; Sewage and Domestic Wastes; Industrial Effluents; Agricultural Discharge; Soap and Detergents; Thermal Pollution; Importance of Global Wetland Plants; Wetlands, Plants, and Phytoremediation of Emerging Contaminants., Phytoremediation of Emerging Contaminants (Organics, PAHs, and Heavy Metals)Phytoremediation of PPCPs (Emerging Contaminants of Concern) with Wetland Plants; Role of Constructed Wetlands in the Phytoremediation of PPCPs as Emerging Contaminants of Concern; Phytoremediation of Pathogenic Microbes and Its Mechanism in Constructed Wetlands; Phytoremediation of Pharmaceutical Products or Antibiotics with Wetland Plants; References; Chapter 2: Phytoremediation: Concept, Principles, Mechanisms, and Applications; Introduction; Green Sustainable Technologyâ#x80;#x94;Phytoremediation: Concept and Principles., Microbial Association and Phytoremediation of Emerging ContaminantsPhytoremediation Mechanisms In Wetland Plants For Diverse Emerging Contaminants; Role of Enzymes in Phytoremediation of Emerging Contaminants; Utility of Wetland Plants in Phytoremediation of Emerging Contaminants; Rhizofiltration Process Involved in Accumulation through Wetland Plants; Phytoremediation of Emerging Contaminants with Wetland Plants and Macrophytes: Examples; References; Chapter 3: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges of Phytoremediation with Wetland Plants; Introduction., Importance of Wetlands in the Current AnthropoceneHeavy Metals: An Emerging Contaminant of Global Concern; Global Sources of Heavy Metals and Other Emerging Contaminants; Anthropogenic Sources of Heavy Metals and Emerging Contaminants; Emerging Contaminants and Heavy Metals as Pollutants to Wetlands and Their Environment; Health Impact of Emerging Contaminants and Heavy Metal Pollution; Heavy Metals and Source Management; Advantages and Disadvantages or Limitations of Phytoremediation; Swot Analysis for Phytotechnologies and Phytoremediation., and What Happens with Emerging Contaminantâ#x80;#x93;Loaded and Metal-Saturated Wetland Plant Biomass?Future Prospects of Phytoremediation: Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology; References; Chapter 4: Natural and Constructed Wetlands in Phytoremediation: A Global Perspective with Case Studies of Tropical and Temperate Countries; Introduction; Difference Between Terrestrial and Wetland Phytoremediation; Constructed Wetlands and Use of Phytoremediation; Why Replace Natural Wetlands with Constructed Wetlands?; Types of Constructed Wetlands; Role of Plants In Constructed Wetlands.
Summary
"Phytoremediation with wetland plants is an eco-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, cost-effective, solar-driven, passive technique that is useful for cleaning up environmental pollutants with low to moderate levels of contamination."--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9781351067430 (electronic bk.)
1351067435 (electronic bk.)
9781351067423 (electronic bk.)
1351067427 (electronic bk.)
9781351066990 (electronic bk.)
1351066994 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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