Wastewater treatment at the Houghton Lake wetland: Vegetation response

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1312-1332

  Kadlec, Robert H ^a   Bevis, Frederick B ^b  

^a Wetland Management Services   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattails; Duckweed; Litter; Nutrients; Sedges; Treatment wetlands; Vegetation; Woody shrubs

Indexed keywords

CATTAILS; DUCKWEED; LITTER; SEDGES; TREATMENT WETLANDS; WOODY SHRUBS;

BIOMASS; CROPS; DISSOLUTION; IRRIGATION; LAKES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SORPTION; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACCRETION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HERB; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LITTER; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDGE; STEM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

HOUGHTON LAKE; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX; LEMNA; SALIX; TYPHA; VIBURNUM RHYTIDOPHYLLUM;

EID: 67650360000     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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