Constructed wetlands in China: Recent developments and future challenges

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 261-268

  Liu, Dong ^a   Ge, Ying ^a   Chang, Jie ^a   Peng, Changhui ^b   Gu, Binhe ^c   Chan, Gilbert Y S ^d   Wu, Xiaofu ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e Centre South Forest University of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENGINEERING; INVESTMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 66749179979     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070110     Document Type: Article

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