Research Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2014
Volume: 9
Issue: 12
Page No. 1225 - 1229

Aquatic Plants as Phytoindicator for Heavy Metals Contaminant in Polluted Freshwater Bodies

Authors : Rashidi Othman, Nurul Azlen Bt. Hanifah and Ruhul Izzati Shaharuddin

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