Natural wetland restoration and the use of municipal wastewater

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 642-650

  Velty, Silke ^a   Behrendt, Axel ^b   Zeitz, Jutta ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lysimeter; Minerotrophic peat soil; Nutrient balance; Phragmites australis; Rewetting

Indexed keywords

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33750305603     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200621912     Document Type: Article

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