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Trace element composition of Pistia stratiotes L. in a polluted lake in Nigeria

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Pistia stratiotes L. in a Nigerian lake receiving organic and laboratory chemical wastes, accumulated trace elements from the lake water. Its possible use in the treatment of specific industrial wastes or in selective enrichment of specific elements is discussed.

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  1. Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    M. K. C. Sridhar

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Sridhar, M.K.C. Trace element composition of Pistia stratiotes L. in a polluted lake in Nigeria. Hydrobiologia 131, 273–276 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008863

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