Phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil using plants adapted to the western Canadian climate
As hydrocarbon contaminated sites occur throughout Canada, and are threats to ecosystem and human health, techniques to remediate them are needed. Phytoremediation is the use of plants and their associated microorganisms to degrade, sequester or contain contaminants in soil. This technique is gainin...
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University of Saskatchewan
2009
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Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-12172008-092911/ |