Reed stands in constructed wetlands: 'Edge effect' and photochemical efficiency of PS II in common reed

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 143-147

  Urbanc Bercic, Olga ^a   Gaberšcik, Alenka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Common reed; Constructed wetland; Photochemical efficiency of PS II; Phragmites australis; Terminal electron transport system (ETS) activity

Indexed keywords

COMMON REED; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

ECOSYSTEMS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLAR RADIATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGHER PLANT; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1842292178     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00079-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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