Growth and biomass production of different plant species in two different constructed wetland systems in Sicily

Desalination

Volumn 246, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Barbera, Antonio C ^a   Cirelli, Giuseppe L ^a   Cavallaro, Valeria ^c   Di Silvestro, Isabella ^b   Pacifici, Paola ^b   Castiglione, Vincenzo ^a   Toscano, Attilio ^a   Milani, Mirco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Agroindustry Advanced Technologies (AAT) SpA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Horizontal flow; Phragmites australis (Cav.); Spontaneous plants species; Trin.ex Steudel; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HORIZONTAL FLOW; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS (CAV.); SPONTANEOUS PLANTS SPECIES; TRIN.EX STEUDEL; VERTICAL FLOW;

ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHRYSANTHEMUM; PHALARIS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 68649090519     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.03.046     Document Type: Article

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