Book ID: 71238
Brooks, R. R. (ed.)
Plants that Hyperaccumulate Heavy Metals. 1998. illus. XII, 380 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book brings together all the relevant ecological information onhyperaccumulators and describes the new disciplines, methods and usesfor them which continue to be explored. These include the removal ofheavy metal pollutants from soils and water, the identification ofancient human settlements, mineral exploration, the revegetation ofdegraded land and the exciting possibility of the commercialextraction of heavy metals from crop plants.