Constructed wetlands for the treatment of landfill leachates: The Slovenian experience

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-197

  Urbanc Bercic O ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Landfill leachate; Metals; Nutrients; Organic matter; Phragmites aitstralis; Reed bed; Wastewater treatment system

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845906420     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01879237     Document Type: Article

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