Constructed wetlands as biofuel production systems

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 190-194

  Liu, Dong ^a   Wu, Xu ^a   Chang, Jie ^a,b   Gu, Baojing ^a,b   Min, Yong ^a   Ge, Ying ^a,b   Shi, Yan ^a   Xue, Hui ^a,c   Peng, Changhui ^d,e   Wu, Jianguo ^f,g  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; CELLULOSE; CLEANER PRODUCTION; COMPETITIVENESS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CROP; FERTILIZER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA;

ALGAE; GLYCINE MAX; PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863231554     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1370     Document Type: Article

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