Abstract
The development of effective strategies to rehabilitate compromised environments is one of the major challenges facing the postindustrial society, since most of the habitats are becoming progressively polluted due to indiscriminate discharge of contaminants generated by anthropogenic activities. Several aquatic photosynthetic organisms can be used to treat wastewaters in primary and tertiary treatments, including cyanobacteria, algae and higher plants. In this review, we summarize the results obtained in the remediation of polluted waters by photosynthetic organisms and discuss the future perspective of phytoremediation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 224-235 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Plant Biosystems |
| Volume | 145 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2011 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
Keywords
- Algae
- Aquatic macrophytes
- Cyanobacteria
- Herbicides
- Oil spills
- Phytoremediation
- Removal of toxic heavy metals
- Wastewater
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