Heavy Metal Stress in Plants: From Molecules to Ecosystems

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Metal Availability and Bioconcentration in Plants....Pages 1-27
Metal Speciation, Chelation and Complexing Ligands in Plants....Pages 29-50
Metallothioneins and Metal Binding Complexes in Plants....Pages 51-72
Free Radicals and Reactive Oxygen Species as Mediators of Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants....Pages 73-97
Membrane Lipid Alterations in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants....Pages 99-116
Impact of Heavy Metals on Photosynthesis....Pages 117-138
Plant Respiration under the Influence of Heavy Metals....Pages 139-156
Ecophysiology of Plant Growth Under Heavy Metal Stress....Pages 157-181
Structural and Ultrastructural Changes in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants....Pages 183-205
Water Relations in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants....Pages 207-229
Heavy Metals as Essential Nutrients....Pages 231-251
Metal Pollution and Forest Decline....Pages 253-272
Biogeochemical Processes in the Rhizosphere: Role in Phytoremediation of Metal-Polluted Soils....Pages 273-303
Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated and Polluted Soils....Pages 305-329
Metal Removal From Sewage Sludge: Bioengineering and Biotechnological Applications....Pages 331-347
Species-Selective Analysis for Metals and Metalloids in Plants....Pages 349-370
Experimental Characterization of Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants....Pages 371-389
Back Matter....Pages 391-401