Aquaculture

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Across
  1. 2. excess nutrient in water bodies can lead to
  2. 6. strategy by which plants limit the uptake of heavy metals
  3. 8. accumulation of metal ions in the cytoplasm trigger the production of
  4. 9. the actual amount of a chemical that exhibits the biological action in the body of an organism
  5. 11. crassipes a plant used for phytoremediation of polluted water
  6. 12. a chemical that is not naturally occurring in the body of the organism
  7. 13. water pollution that does not originate from a single source
  8. 14. method by which plants can take up the pollutant from the soil and convert it into a less toxic volatile form
  9. 15. study of traditional medicine
Down
  1. 1. plants that are capable of accumulating very high levels of metal ions without showing any toxicity symptoms
  2. 3. establishing green covers near the contaminated sites in order to immobilize the toxicants withing the plants
  3. 4. pathway that involves movement through cell walls and the intercellular spaces
  4. 5. main organelle where the plants store the heavy metals that are absorbed
  5. 7. the technique of using plants to remove pollutants in the environment so as to minimize their availability in the soil
  6. 10. drug obtained from Digitalis purpureus