Heavy Metal Stress in Plants: From Biomolecules to Ecosystems

Metal Availability, Uptake, Transport and Accumulation in Plants.- Metal Speciation, Chelation and Complexing Ligands in Plants.- Metallothioneins, Metal Binding Complexes and Metal Sequestration in Plants.- Heavy Metal Induced Oxidative Damage in Terrestrial Plants.- Membrane Lipid Alterations in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants.- Photosynthesis in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants.- Plant Mitochondrial Respiration Under the Influence of Heavy Metals.- Ecophysiology of Plant Growth Under Heavy Metal Stress.- Structural and Ultrastructural Changes in Heavy Metal Exposed Plants.- Water Relations in Heavy Metal Stressed Plants.- Heavy Metals as Essential Nutrients.- Metal Pollution and Forest Decline.- Root and Rhizosphere Processes in Metal Hyperaccumulation and Phytoremediation Technology.- Phytoremediation of Metals and Radionuclides in the Environment: The Case for Natural Hyperaccumulators, Metal Transporters, Soil-Amending Chelators and Transgenic Plants.- Metal Removal from Sewage Sludge: Bioengineering and Biotechnologcial Applications.- Species-selective Analysis for Metals and Metalloids in Plants.- Experimental Characterisation of Metal Tolerance.-