Pollution control by wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Mander, Ülo ^a   Mitsch, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Heavy metals; Nitrogen removal; Organic pollutants; Pharmaceuticals; Phosphorus retention; Wetland modelling; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

EID: 59149091029     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.005     Document Type: Editorial

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