Biofuel production from water hyacinth in the Pantanal wetland

Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-84

  Bergier, Ivan ^a   Salis, Suzana M ^a   Miranda, César H B ^b   Ortega, Enrique ^c   Luengo, Carlos A ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic biomass; Bioenergy; Climatic change; Ecosystem surplus; Renewability

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY MARKET; EXPLOITATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WETLAND;

PANTANAL;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84863940157     PISSN: 16423593     EISSN: 20803397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10104-011-0041-4     Document Type: Article

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