Nitrogen removal and cycling in restored wetlands used as filters of nutrients for agricultural runoff

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 255-261

  Comín, Francisco A ^a   Romero, Jose A ^a   Astorga, Valeria ^a   García, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrogen removal; Non and point source pollution; Plant uptake; Rate constants; Restored wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; FILTER; HIGHER PLANT; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACETYLENE; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CALCULATIONS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

MACROPHYTES; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT UPTAKE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RESTORED WETLANDS; SCRIPUS LACUSTRIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

ACETYLENE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTER; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW KINETICS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RIVER; SCIRPUS LACUSTRIS; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCIRPUS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0030609441     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00076-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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