Growth of Phragmites australis and Phalaris arundinacea in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in the Czech Republic

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 606-621

  Vymazal, Jan ^a,b   Kropfelová, Lenka ^a  

^a ENKI ops   (Czech Republic)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Constructed wetlands; Phalaris arundinacea; Phragmites australis; Shoot density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WETLANDS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; PHALARIS ARUNINACEA;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GROWTH; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 28644446681     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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