Heavy Metals in Aquatic Ecosystems Sources, Transport, and Mitigation

1. Heavy Metals in the Aquatic Ecosystem: Sources, Transport, Toxicity Mechanism and Mitigation Strategies

Ravindra Kumar Gautam, Vriddhi Nigam, Dhirendra Kumar Bharati et al.

2. Source of Heavy Metals in the Ecosystem

Sikandar Paswan, Bharat Kumar, Amar Nath et al.

3. Sources, Fate and Transport of Heavy Metals in the Ecosystem

Bouchra Belahrach, Ghita Amine Benabdallah, Houda Labjar et al. 

4. Heavy Metal Contaminants in Groundwater and Its Impact on Biodiversity

Rajesh Ram and Mamta Verma

5. Environmental Factors Affecting Toxicity of Heavy Metals

Pradeep Kumar Yadav

6. Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Aquatic Ecosystem

Tolulope Deborah Giwa and Durgesh Kumar Verma

7. Heavy Metals Effect on Photosynthesis in the Plants

Brajesh Chandra Pandey, Ashish Gupta, Mohd Yaseen et al.

8. Heavy Metal Effect on Physiological Processes, Photosynthesis, and Plant Metabolism

Shalini Das, Trupti Das, and R. Boopathy

9. Mercury Pollution of Ponds, Rivers, and Lakes

Manzari Kushwaha and Shiv Shankar

10. Mercury Toxicity: Impacts on Ecosystems and Mitigation Strategies

Shiva Prakash Singh Kushwaha, Kanchan Gautam, and Jyoti Prajapati

11. Toxic Effects of Arsenic on Human Health and the Cellular Uptake Mechanism

Jyoti Baranwal, Swastika Singh, Smriti Kushwaha et al.

12. Arsenic Exposure on the Organ System of Human Being and the Toxic Effects on Health

Mohd Waheed, Bharat Kumar, and Ramesh Chandra

13. Toxic Effects of Arsenic on Plants and their Mechanism of Action

Ashish Gupta, Brajesh Chandra Pandey, Mohd Yaseen et al.

14. Toxic Effects of Arsenic on C3 and C4 Plants in the Crop Ecosystem

Anupam Kujur

15. A Comprehensive Review of Occurrences, Causes, and Health Effects of Arsenic in the Groundwater of India

Vikram Singh, Mukesh Prasad, R.S. Aswal et al.

16. Toxicity of Arsenic on Edible Crops

K. Radhakrishnan and Panneerselvam Perumal

17. Mitigating Heavy Metals Toxicity: Sources, Pathways and the Ecological Impact

Sumita Sahgal and Subhadra Yadav

18. Chromium (VI) Contamination and its Microbial Remediation in the Saline Environment

Vikas Kumar

Biography

Ravindra Kumar Gautam is a Raja Jwala Prasad postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry at BHU Varanasi, India. He has authored and co-authored 52 research and review papers, 22 book chapters, and three books. He is a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society and has been a Life Member of the Indian Science Congress Association since 2013. He also serves as a reviewer for more than 30 journals. His areas of interest include electrochemical sensors, heavy metal pollution, adsorption of nanomaterials, and their analogues for water and wastewater remediation.

Subhash Chandra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at B.S.N.V. (KKV) P.G. College, Lucknow, India. He received his PhD from IIT BHU Varanasi, and his research interests include environmental nanotechnology and sensors for biomedical and environmental applications. He has published more than 18 peer-reviewed research articles and four book chapters. He has been awarded by different organizations.

Radha Rani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Prayagraj, India. She has a PhD in Microbiology from CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur India, and has been teaching for over 15 years. Dr. Radha has published 30 research papers, 10 book chapters, and has edited five conference proceedings. She is also actively involved as a reviewer of more than 20 journals.