2015Vegetated Floating Islands Enhance the Ability

2015Vegetated Floating Islands Enhance the Ability of Wetlands to Reduce Nutrients and Other PollutantsSeediscussions,stats,andauthorprofilesforthispublicationat:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282579026VegetatedFloatingIslandsEnhancetheAbilityofWetlandstoReduceNutrientsandOtherPollutantsCONFERENCEPAPER·SEPTEMBER2015READS211AUTHOR:BernieMastersFIATechnologyPtyLtd10PUBLICATIONS25CITATIONSSEEPROFILEAllin-textreferencesunderlinedinbluearelinkedtopublicationsonResearchGate,lettingyouaccessandreadthemimmediately.Availablefrom:BernieMastersRetrievedon:05March2016VegetatedFloatingIslandsEnhancetheAbilityofWetlandstoReduceNutrientsandOtherPollutantsBKMastersFIATechnologyPtyLtdPOBox315,Capel,WesternAustralia6271bmasters@iinet.net.auSummaryNaturalandconstructedwetlandshavebeenusedtoimprovewaterqualityinurban,industrialandagriculturalenvironmentsformorethan40years.Initially,pollutantuptakebywetlandplantswasassumedtobetheprimaryremovalmechanismbutresearchnowshowsthatbacterial/algalbiofilm