Overview
More than 40 international experts offer guidance on bioremediation
Provides cost-effective, sustainable alternatives
Practitioners in developing countries will find this text of special interest
Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution (EPOL, volume 20)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Heavy-metal contamination is one of the world's major environmental problems, posing significant risks to agro-ecosystems. Conventional technologies employed for heavy-metal remediation have often been expensive and disruptive.
This book provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of the natural, sustainable alternatives that use a wide range of biological materials in the removal/detoxification of heavy metals, consequently leading to the improvement of crops in these soils. Novel, environmentally friendly and inexpensive solutions are presented based on a sound understanding of metal contamination and the roles of plants and microbes in the management of these toxic soils.
Written by worldwide experts, the book provides not only the necessary scientific background but also addresses the challenging questions that require special attention in order to better understand metal toxicity in soils and its management through bioremediation.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biomanagement of Metal-Contaminated Soils
Editors: Mohammad Saghir Khan, Almas Zaidi, Reeta Goel, Javed Musarrat
Series Title: Environmental Pollution
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1914-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1913-2Published: 31 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3791-4Published: 27 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1914-9Published: 30 August 2011
Series ISSN: 1566-0745
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1702
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 518
Topics: Environmental Management, Applied Microbiology, Agriculture, Environmental Health, Sustainable Development, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology