METAL(LOID) UPTAKE BY SPONTANEOUS VEGETATION IN MINE TAILINGS AND CONTAMINATED SOIL: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Freitas H., Prasad M.N.V. & Pratas J. Plant community tolerant to trace elements growing on the degraded soils of São Domingos mine in the south east of Portugal: environmental implications. Environment International, 30 : 65-72, 2004.

Freitas H., Prasad M. N.V. & Pratas J. Analysis of serpentinophytes from north- east of Portugal for trace metal accumulation – relevance to the management of mine environment. Chemosphere, 54: 1625-1642, 2004.

Pratas J. , Prasad M. N.V., Freitas H. & Conde L. Plants growing in abandoned mines of Portugal are useful for biogeochemical exploration of arsenic, antimony, tungsten and mine reclamation. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 85: 99-107 , 2005.

Pratas J. , Favas P. J.C., D’Souza R ., Varun M. & Paul M. S. Phytoremedial assessment of flora tolerant to heavy metals in the contaminated soils of an abandoned Pb mine in Central Portugal. Chemosphere, 90: 2216-2225, 2013.

Favas P.J.C., Pratas J. , Varun M. , D’Souza R . & Paul M. S. Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with metals and metalloids at mining areas: potential of native flora. In: M.C. Hernández -Soriano (Ed). Environmental risk assessment of soil contamination. Intech: Rijeka. ISBN 978-953-51 -1235-8, pp. 485-517, 2014.

Favas P. J.C., Pratas J. & Prasad M.N. V. Temporal variation in the arsenic and metal accumulation in the maritime pine tree grown on contaminated soils. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10(4): 809-826 , 2013.

Favas P.J.C., Pratas J .A.M.S. & Conde L.E.N. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in plants that colonize tailings (Vale das Gatas mine – Vila Real – North of Portugal). In: Prego R, Duarte A, Panteleitchouk A, Santos TR. (eds.) Studies on Environmental Contamination in I berian Peninsula. Lisbon: Instituto Piaget; p p. 259-272, 2002. International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConfenferences SGEM 2015 www.sgem.org

Freitas H., Prasad M.N.V. & Pratas J. Plant community tolerant to trace elements growing on the degraded soils of São Domingos mine in the south east of Portugal: environmental implications. Environment International, 30 : 65-72, 2004.

Freitas H., Prasad M. N.V. & Pratas J. Analysis of serpentinophytes from north- east of Portugal for trace metal accumulation – relevance to the management of mine environment. Chemosphere, 54: 1625-1642, 2004.

Pratas J. , Prasad M. N.V., Freitas H. & Conde L. Plants growing in abandoned mines of Portugal are useful for biogeochemical exploration of arsenic, antimony, tungsten and mine reclamation. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 85: 99-107 , 2005.

Pratas J. , Favas P. J.C., D’Souza R ., Varun M. & Paul M. S. Phytoremedial assessment of flora tolerant to heavy metals in the contaminated soils of an abandoned Pb mine in Central Portugal. Chemosphere, 90: 2216-2225, 2013.

Favas P.J.C., Pratas J. , Varun M. , D’Souza R . & Paul M. S. Phytoremediation of soils contaminated with metals and metalloids at mining areas: potential of native flora. In: M.C. Hernández -Soriano (Ed). Environmental risk assessment of soil contamination. Intech: Rijeka. ISBN 978-953-51 -1235-8, pp. 485-517, 2014.

Favas P. J.C., Pratas J. & Prasad M.N. V. Temporal variation in the arsenic and metal accumulation in the maritime pine tree grown on contaminated soils. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10(4): 809-826 , 2013.

Favas P.J.C., Pratas J .A.M.S. & Conde L.E.N. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in plants that colonize tailings (Vale das Gatas mine – Vila Real – North of Portugal). In: Prego R, Duarte A, Panteleitchouk A, Santos TR. (eds.) Studies on Environmental Contamination in I berian Peninsula. Lisbon: Instituto Piaget; p p. 259-272, 2002. International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConfenferences SGEM 2015 www.sgem.org