Water quality assessment of a constructed wetland treating landfill leachate and industrial park runoff

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-120

  Galbrand, C ^a   Lemieux, I G ^a   Ghaly, A E ^a   Cote R ^a   Verma, M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Iron; Landfill leachate; Manganese; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISSOLVED MATTER; IRON; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38949113642     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2008.111.120     Document Type: Article

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