Abstract: Abstract Wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands is a biotechnological process which has been used for more than five decades for wastewater treatment. It is generally agreed that plants are important part of the treatment system, however, the direct role of plants is usually restricted to plant uptake of nutrients and heavy metals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the amount of heavy metals sequestered in the aboveground biomass of Phragmites australis and thus, available for harvest and removal. The survey revealed that the amou...
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Environmental chemistry
Environmental engineering
Agronomy