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Original Articles

A comparison of nutrient removal by harvested reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) and ryegrass-clover in plots irrigated with treated sewage effluent

Pages 291-302 | Received 26 Sep 1978, Published online: 14 Feb 2012

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