Ecological water treatment system for removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from polluted water

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 381-390

  Drenner, Ray W ^a   Day, Donald J ^a   Basham, Stacy J ^a   Smith, J Durward ^a   Jensen, Susan I ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Campostoma anomalum; Eutrophication; Nitrogen; Nutrient removal; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Tank mesocosms; Tilapia mossambica

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0030616810     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0381:EWTSFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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