Vegetation-based wastewater treatment technologies for rural areas in Japan

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-242

  Abe, Kaoru ^a   Kato, Kunihiko ^b   Ozaki, Yasuo ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^c AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeofilter; Constructed wetland; Free water surface; Garden type; Hybrid

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955025898     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.44.231     Document Type: Review

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