Biomass characterization of Azolla filiculoides grown in natural ecosystems and wastewater

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 415, Issue , 1999, Pages 323-327

  Costa, M Lourdes ^a   Santos, M Conceição ^b   Carrapiço, Francisco ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azolla; Biofilter; Phosphorus; Productivity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; FERN; GROWTH RATE; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

PORTUGAL;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA AZOLLAE; ANIMALIA; AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; CYANOBACTERIA; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033571877     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003824426183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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