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7 Sanitation potential and suitability for experimental and practical dendroremediation

 

7a. Sanitation potential        basing on experimental data	Salix EW-13	Salix EW-20	Salix EW-27	Populus ZP-007	Betula pendula	Picea abies	Picea glauca	Pinus sylvestris
annual dendroremediation potential [g TNT/m²]	6.0	8.5	n.det.	4.2	5.2	1.9	n.det.	0.8
7b. Suitability for experimental       dendroremediation
suited for basal wick application systems	++	+	++	+	-	+	++	+
suitability for field bioindication of TNT	+++	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
7c. Suitability for practical       dendroremediation
tree based constructed wetlands	++	+	+++	++	-	- -	- -	- -
hydraulic control	++	+	+++	++	-	- -	- -	- -
tree buffer strips  and  run-off avoidance	++	++	+++	++	+	+	+	+
tree planting on clamps of contaminated soil	+	++			+
vegetation cover against leaching	+	++	+
suitability as reposition plants	+	++			+			+

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