Bioremediation and Biotechnology, Vol 4 Techniques for Noxious Substances Remediation

The rapid thriving of industries, conversion of agricultural land to residential areas, habitat destruction, deforestation and use of recalcitrant synthetic substances enhanced the rate of degradation of the environment. Although there are various conventional techniques for degradation and cleaning...

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Other Authors: Bhat, Rouf Ahmad (Editor), Hakeem, Khalid Rehman (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Concerns and Threats of Heavy Metals Contamination on Aquatic Ecosystem
  • Pollution in Aquatic Environs: Sources and consequences
  • A Recent Scenario of Groundwater Quality in Northwest Himalaya, India
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Toxic Effects and their Bioremediation Strategies
  • Mechanisms and importance of phytoremediation
  • Role of Soil Biota and Associated Threats
  • Viability of in-situ and ex-situ bioremediation approaches for degradation of noxious substances in stressed environs
  • Bioremediation: A viable approach for degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon
  • Application of macrophytes for remediation of wastewater in constructed wetlands
  • Application of Biotechnology for restoration of degraded environs
  • Role of Free Floating Aquatic Macrophytes in abatement of the disturbed Environs
  • Genetically Modified Microbes as Biofertilizers
  • Nanotechnology: A Modern Waste management approach
  • Restoration of Heavy Metal Contaminated Environs through Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis
  • Index