Growth and trace metal absorption by Phragmites australis in wetlands constructed for landfill leachate treatment

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 21-35

  Peverly, John H ^a   Surface, Jan M ^b   Wang, Tiangen ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Evapotranspiration; Growth rate; Iron; Lead; Phragmites australis; Root plaque; X ray

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL; LEACHATES; METALS; REMOVAL; TREATMENT; WASTE WATER; WETLANDS;

ADSORPTION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; LANDFILL LEACHATE; PHRAGMITES; REED GROWTH; TRACE METAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0029413690     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-8574(95)00018-E     Document Type: Article

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1. Light-enhanced convective through flow increases oxygenation in rhizomes and rhizosphere of Phragmites australis (Cav) Trin ex Steud
2. Net oxygen and carbon dioxide balances in solutions bathing roots of wetland plants
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4. Macrophyte cycling of zinc, copper, lead and cadmium in the littoral zone of a polluted and a non-polluted lake. I. Availability, uptake and translocation of heavy metals in Phragmites australis (CAV.)
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6. Effect of season, substrate composition, and plant growth on landfill-leachate treatment in a constructed wetland
7. The distribution of lead chelate in the transpiration stream of higher plants
8. Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastewater