Emergent plants used in free water surface constructed wetlands: A review

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 582-592

  Vymazal, Jan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cattail; Common reed; Free water surface constructed wetlands; Macrophytes; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CATTAIL; COMMON REED; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EMERGENT MACROPHYTES; MACROPHYTES; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; FREE WATER SURFACES;

CARBON; WASTEWATER;

WETLANDS;

BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MONOCOTYLEDON; REEDBED; SUBSTRATE; WASTEWATER; BACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; EMERGENCE; GRASS; MACROPHYTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERIPHYTON; WASTE TREATMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; ASIA; EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; ELEOCHARIS; JUNCUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS CALIFORNICUS; TYPHA; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84890178434     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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