Phytocapping: Importance of tree selection and soil thickness

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 421-430

  Venkatraman, Kartik ^a   Ashwath, Nanjappa ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Canopy interception; HYDRUS 1D; Landfills; Phytocapping; Sap flow; Stem girth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERCEPTION; LANDFILL CAPPING; PERCOLATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOMASS; SAP FLOW; SOIL COVER; SOIL PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; ROCKHAMPTON;

EID: 77951499503     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-009-9236-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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