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1372806 
Technical Report 
Removal of arsenic from solution by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms) 
Low, KS; Lee, CK 
1990 
BIOSIS/91/32664 
13 
1 
129-132 
eng 
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. The potential of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms) as a bioaccumulator/bioindicator of arsenic in dilute solution was investigated. Results show that in the absence of a high level of phosphate, it can remove arsenic effectively. However, in high phosphate concentration, arsenic uptake was inhibited. Arsenic could also be leached out from the plant. Hence caution must be exercised in interpreting the arsenic status of the aquatic environment as seen through water hyacinth. 
Ecology; Ecology; Biochemical Studies-Minerals; Metabolism-Minerals; Nutrition-Minerals; Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Toxicology; Public Health: Environmental Health-Air; Plant Physiology; Plant Physiology; Plant Physiology; Pontederiaceae 
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