Removal of alkali metals and their sequestration in plants in constructed wetlands treating municipal sewage

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 692, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-143

  Vymazal, Jan ^a   Šveha, Jaroslav ^b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alkali metals; Common reed; Constructed wetlands; Macrophytes; Reed canarygrass; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GRASS; MACROPHYTE; MAGNESIUM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POTASSIUM; REEDBED; SEWAGE; SODIUM; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84862118818     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1018-z     Document Type: Article

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