Heavy metal contamination of water and soil analysis, assessment, and remediation strategies / edited by Elham Asrari, PhD.

Other author Asrari, Elham.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoToronto ; New Jersey : Apple Academic Press, [2014]
Descriptionxxx, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction. Heavy metals in contaminated soils : a review of sources, chemistry, risks and best available strategies for remediation / Raymond A. Wuaana and Felix E. Okieimen -- Heavy metal contamination. Leaching behavior of heavy metals and transformation of their speciation in polluted soil receiving simulated acid rain / Shun-an Zheng, Xiangqun Zheng, and Chun Chen -- Spatially explicit analysis of metal transfer to biota : influence of soil contamination and landscape / Clémentine Fritsch, Michaël Coeurdassier, Patrick Giraudoux, Francis Raoul, Francis Douay, Dominique Rieffel, Annette de Vaufleury, and Renaud Scheifler -- Heavy metal contamination of soil and sediment in Zambia / Yoshinori Ikenaka, Shouta M. M. Nakayama, Kaampwe Muzandu, Kennedy Choongo, Hiroki Teraoka, Naoharu Mizuno, and Mayumi Ishizuka -- Human exposure pathways of heavy metals in a lead-zinc mining area, Jiangsu Province, China / Chang-Sheng Qu, Zong-Wei Ma, Jin Yang, Yang, Liu, Jun Bi, and Lei Huang -- Analysis and assessment of heavy metal contamination. Integrated assessment of heavy metal contamination in sediments from a coastal industrial basin, n.e. China / Xiaoyu Li, Lijuan Liu, Yugang Wang, Geping Luo, Xi Chen, Xiaoliang Yang, Bin Gao, and Xingyuan He -- A determination of metallothionein in larvae of freshwater midges (Chironomus riparius) using Brdicka reaction / Ivo Fabrik, Zuzana Ruferova, Klara Hilscherova, Vojtech Adam, Liuse Trnkova, and Rene Kizek -- Multivariate statistical assessment of heavy metal pollution sources of groundwater around a lead and zinc plant / Abbas Ali Zamani, Mohammad Reza Yaftian, and Abdolhossien Parizanganeh -- Assessment of heavy metal contamination of agricultural soil around Dhaka export processing zone (DEPZ), Bangladesh : implication of seasonal variation and indices / Syed Hafizur Rahman, Dilara Khanam, Tanveer Mehedi Adyel, Mohammand Shahidul Islam, Mohammad Aminul Ahsan, and Mohammad Ahedul Akbor -- Remediation of heavy metal contamination. Phytoremediation of heavy metals : a green technology / P. Ahmadpour, F. Ahmadpour, T.M.M. Mahmud, Afrin Abdu, M. Soleimani, and F. Hosseini Tayefeh -- Assessment of the efficacy of chelate-assisted phytoextraction of lead by coffeeweed (Sesbania exaltata Raf.) / Gloria Miller, Gregorio Begonia, Maria Begonia, Jennifer Ntoni, and Oscar Hundley -- Sustainable sources of biomass for bioremediation of heavy metals in waste water derived from coal-fired power generation / Richard J. Saunders, Nicholas A. Paul, Yi Hu, and Rocky de Nys -- Characterization of the metabolically modified heavy metal-resistant Cupriavidus metallidurans strain MSR33 generated for mercury bioremediation / Luis A. Rojas, Carolina Yáñez, Myriam González, Soledad Lobos, Kornelia Smalla, and Michael Seeger -- A ferritin from Dendrorhynchus zhejiangensis with heavy metals detoxification activity / Chenghua Li, Zhen Li, Ye Li, Jun Zhou, Chundan Zhang, Xiurong Su, and Taiwu Li.
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LCCN 2013954919
ISBN9781771880046 (hardcover)
ISBN177188004X (hardcover)