Microbial communities in slow filters

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 548, Issue , 2001, Pages 591-601

  Alsanius, Beatrix W ^a   Nilsson, Linda ^a   Jensén, Paul ^a   Wohanka, Walter ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filter layer; Flow rate; Functional diversity; Slow filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344243689     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2001.548.73     Document Type: Conference Paper

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