Removal of dibutyl phthalate by a staged, vertical-flow constructed wetland

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 202-206

  Zhao, Wen Yu ^a,b   Wu, Zhen Bin ^a   Zhou, Qiao Hong ^a   Cheng, Shui Ping ^a   Fu, Gui Ping ^a   He, Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DBP; Purification; Staged vertical flow constructed wetland

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 16544380028     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0202:RODPBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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