Seasonal and Spatial Changes of Microorganism Communities in Constructed Wetlands: A Community Level Physiological Profiling Analysis

Table 1

VFCWs characteristics.

	Units	Glandieu	Queige	Allèves	Evieu	Colomieu
People equivalent	Pe	250	500	250	100*	200
First stage area	m^2	233	850	360	—	300
Second stage area	m^2	164	750	230	—	225
Initial organic load	g BOD5 m^-2 d^-1	64	32	—	—	48
Starting date	year	1999	1998	1999	2003	1993

* Evieu was only connected to 30 Pe for almost 3 months during the sampling campaign (November 2003).