Bioremediation of slaughterhouse wastewater: Evaluation of nitrogen pollutant removal using constructed wetlands

Jesús Castellanos-Rivera; Graciela Elizabeth Nani-González; Oscar Marín Peña; Jacel Adame García; Mayerlin Sandoval Herazo; Luis Carlos Sandoval Herazo

doi:10.56845/rebs.v8i1.665

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Bioremediation of slaughterhouse wastewater: Evaluation of nitrogen pollutant removal using constructed wetlands

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