Nutrient management of nursery runoff water using constructed wetland systems

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 610-614

  Taylor, Milton D ^a   White, Sarah A ^a   Chandler, Stewart L ^b   Klaine, Stephen J ^a   Whitwell, Ted ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wights Nurseries of Monrovia Growers   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; Container nursery; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Remediation; Surface flow wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750033431     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.4.0610     Document Type: Article

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