Natural Wetlands

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2493-2504

  Gopal, B ^a   Ghosh, D ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bogs; Denitrification; Domestic wastewater; Drainage water; Fens; Floodplains; Macrophytes; Mangroves; Marshes; Microbial activity; Nitrogen immobilization; Nutrient transformation; Nutrient uptake; Phosphorus; Riparian vegetation; Sediment trapping; Stormwater; Swamps; Temperate vs. tropical wetlands; Water quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069595516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00067-7     Document Type: Chapter

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