Plants for constructed wetland treatment systems - A comparison of the growth and nutrient uptake of eight emergent species

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-83

  Tanner, Chris C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial wetland; Baumea articulata; Biomass production; Bolboschoenus fluviatilis; Cyperus involucratus; Glyceria maxima; Juncus effusus; Nutrient removal; Phragmites australis; Schoenoplectus validus; Wastewater treatment; Wetland plant; Zizania latifolia

Indexed keywords

BAUMEA; BAUMEA ARTICULATA; BOLBOSCHOENUS; CYPERUS; CYPERUS INVOLUCRATUS; GLYCERIA; GLYCERIA MAXIMA; JUNCUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS FLUVIATILIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI; ZIZANIA; ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA; JUNCACEAE; POACEAE;

BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EMERGENT PLANT; GROWTH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030222755     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-8574(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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