Nutrient accumulation by phragmites australis and phalaris arundinacea growing in two constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment

Water and Nutrient Management in Natural and Constructed Wetlands

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 133-149

  Vymazal, Jan ^a,b   Kröpfelová, Lenka ^b,c  

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

^b ENKI ops   (Czech Republic)

^c Department of Landscape Ecology   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Nutrients; Phalaris arundinacea; Phragmites australis; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862138995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9585-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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