Applicability of heavy-metal phytoextraction in United Arab Emirates: an investigation of candidate species

Phytoremediation of contaminated calcareous desert land in the United Arab Emirates has been investigated. Soils from 12 northern UAE sites, suspected of metal contamination, were acid-extracted and analyzed by ICP-OES for Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn. Twenty-two plants naturally growing at co...

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Main Author: Alyazouri, Ayman (author)
Other Authors: Jewsbury, Roger (author), Tayim, Hassan (author), Humphreys, Paul (author), Al-Sayah, Mohammad (author)
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Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8557
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