Plant growth, community structure, and nutrient removal in monoculture and mixed constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Liang, Ming Qiu ^a   Zhang, Cheng Feng ^a   Peng, Chang Lian ^a   Lai, Zeng Long ^a   Chen, Da Feng ^a   Chen, Zhang He ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community structure; Mixed constructed wetlands; Monoculture; Nutrient removal; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PLANT GROWTH;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA INDEX; MONOCULTURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION DENSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 78751701505     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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