Is concentration of dissolved oxygen a good indicator of processes in filtration beds of horizontal-flow constructed wetlands?

Wastewater Treatment, Plant Dynamics and Management in Constructed and Natural Wetlands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 311-317

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

^a ENKI ops   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Dissolved oxygen; Nitrate; Subsurface horizontal flow; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892887516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8235-1_27     Document Type: Chapter

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