Heavy Metal Phytoremediation from Aquatic Ecosystems with Special Reference to Macrophytes

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Biotechnological advances in bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated ecosystems: an overview with special reference to phytoremediation (2014, methodology): “…hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Duckweed (Spirodela polyrbiza, Lemna minor) and water velvet (Azolla pinnata) are being used in rhizofiltration (Rai 2009), though dead biomass is being generally preferred in the treatment of industrial effluents due to reduced cost and easy disposal, with the…”
Water purification using magnetic assistance: a review. (2010, background): “In the area of biotechnology, plants as sorbents and microbes or contaminant destruction or transformation are widely studed [14,15].”
Duckweeds for water remediation and toxicity testing (2016, positive): “Duckweeds are one of the numerous macrophytes that can take up heavy metals from aqueous solution and are being used for the heavy metal phytoremediation of aquatic ecosystems (Rai 2009).”