Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils: phytoremediation as a potentially promising clean-up technology

APGC Marques, AOSS Rangel… - Critical Reviews in …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Increased soil pollution with heavy metals due to various human and natural activities has
led to a growing need to address environmental contamination. Some remediation …

A review on sequential injection methods for water analysis

RBR Mesquita, AOSS Rangel - Analytica chimica acta, 2009 - Elsevier
The development of fast, automatic and less expensive methods of analysis has always been
the main aim of flow methodologies. The search for new procedures that still maintain the …

Constructed wetland systems vegetated with different plants applied to the treatment of tannery wastewater

CSC Calheiros, AOSS Rangel, PML Castro - Water research, 2007 - Elsevier
Wastewaters from leather processing are very complex and lead to water pollution if discharged
untreated, especially due to its high organic loading. In this study the survival of different …

Assessment of the plant growth promotion abilities of six bacterial isolates using Zea mays as indicator plant

…, C Pires, H Moreira, AOSS Rangel… - Soil Biology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Zea mays, one of the most important cereals worldwide, is a plant not only with food and
energy value, but also with phytoremediation potential. The use of plant growth promoting (PGP…

Performance of aerobic granular sludge in a sequencing batch bioreactor exposed to ofloxacin, norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin

CL Amorim, AS Maia, RBR Mesquita, AOSS Rangel… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
A granular sludge sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was operated for 340 days for treating a
synthetic wastewater containing fluoroquinolones (FQs), namely ofloxacin, norfloxacin and …

Treatment of industrial wastewater with two-stage constructed wetlands planted with Typha latifolia and Phragmites australis

CSC Calheiros, AOSS Rangel, PML Castro - Bioresource technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Industrial wastewater treatment comprises several processes to fulfill the discharge permits
or to enable the reuse of wastewater. For tannery wastewater, constructed wetlands (CWs) …

Inoculating Helianthus annuus (sunflower) grown in zinc and cadmium contaminated soils with plant growth promoting bacteria–Effects on phytoremediation …

APGC Marques, H Moreira, AR Franco, AOSS Rangel… - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR) may help reducing the toxicity of heavy metals to
plants in polluted environments. In this work the effects of inoculating metal resistant and plant …

Changes in the bacterial community structure in two-stage constructed wetlands with different plants for industrial wastewater treatment

…, A Moura, IS Henriques, A Correia, AOSS Rangel… - Bioresource …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study focused on the diversity of bacterial communities from two series of two-stage
constructed wetlands (CWs) treating tannery wastewater, under different hydraulic conditions. …

Evaluation of different substrates to support the growth of Typha latifolia in constructed wetlands treating tannery wastewater over long-term operation

CSC Calheiros, AOSS Rangel, PML Castro - Bioresource technology, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of horizontal subsurface flow
constructed wetlands planted with Typha latifolia treating tannery wastewater under long-term …

Constructed wetland with a polyculture of ornamental plants for wastewater treatment at a rural tourism facility

…, VS Bessa, RBR Mesquita, H Brix, AOSS Rangel… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sewage management in remote rural and mountain areas constitutes a challenge because
of the lack of adequate infrastructure and economic capability. Tourism facilities, in particular, …