The taxonomy of treatment wetlands: A proposed classification and nomenclature system

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-211

  Fonder, Nat ^a   Headley, Tom ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c BAUER Nimr LLC   (Oman)

Author keywords

Classification; Horizontal sub surface flow; Surface flow; Terminology; Treatment wetlands; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED WATER; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; FLOW DIRECTION; MACROPHYTES; MAIN GROUP; ON FLOW; PHYSICAL DESIGN; STANDARD TYPE; SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE FLOW; TREATMENT WETLANDS; VEGETATION TYPE; VERTICAL DOWN; VERTICAL FLOWS; VERTICAL UP;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); LOADING; POROUS MATERIALS; TERMINOLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; INFLOW; MACROPHYTE; NOMENCLATURE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WATERLOGGING;

EID: 84872175553     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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