Aquatic plants as phytoindicator for heavy metals contaminant in polluted freshwater bodies

• Main Authors: Othman, Rashidi, Hanifah, Nurul Azlen, Shaharuddin, Ruhul Izzati
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; SB Plant culture; TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD172 Environmental pollution
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37960/1/GTAR_4.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37960/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Over the past decade, ecologists have tried to determine how changes in species composition and diversity affect ecosystem structure and function. Until recently, the majorities of these studies have been conducted in terrestrial ecosystems and have not taken into account environmental varia...