Modeling duckweed growth in wastewater treatment systems

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Landesman, Louis ^a   Parker, Nick C ^b   Fedler, Clifford B ^c   Konikoff, Mark ^d  

^a ACDIVOCA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Duckweed; Lemna; Lemnaceae; Model; Total nitrogen; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; BOS TAURUS; LEMNA; LEMNA OBSCURA;

EID: 22444437378     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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