The role of plants in ecologically engineered wastewater treatment systems

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 137-148

  Peterson, Susan B ^a   Teal, John M ^b  

^a Ecological Engineering Associates   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen uptake; Phosphorus up take; Septage; Solar Aquatic System; Wastewater treatment; Wetland plant

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PLANTS; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

MARSH; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOLAR AQUATIC SYSTEM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLAND SYSTEM;

EID: 0030441345     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-8574(95)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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