Factors which facilitate waste water treatment by aquatic weeds - the mechanism of the weeds' purifying action

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-371

  Abbasi, Tasneem ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic weeds; BOD; COD; Pollutants; Treatment; Uptake; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC WEEDS; BIO-AGENTS; BOD; OXIDATION PONDS; POLLUTANTS TREATMENT; WATER HYACINTH;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; SEWAGE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WASTEWATER; WATER RECYCLING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; LEMNA; PISTIA; SALVINIA;

EID: 77950860921     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230902978380     Document Type: Article

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