Confirming a plant-mediated "biological Tide" in an aridland constructed treatment wetland

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Bois, Paul ^a,b   Childers, Daniel L ^c   Corlouer, Thomas ^b   Laurent, Julien ^a,b   Massicot, Antoine ^b   Sanchez, Christopher A ^c   Wanko, Adrien ^a,b  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^b Zone Atelier Environnementale Urbaine ^*  (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed treatment wetland; Dye tracer experiment; Ecological engineering; Transpiration; Urban sustainability; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016335689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1756     Document Type: Article

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