Role of plant uptake on nitrogen removal in constructed wetlands located in the tropics

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Koottatep, Thammarat ^a   Polprasert, Chongrak ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cattails; Constructed wetlands; N mass balance; N removal; Plant harvesting; Plant uptake

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; PLANT HARVESTING; PLANT UPTAKE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); REDUCTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PLANT UPTAKE; TROPICS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PLANT; PRODUCTIVITY; TROPICS; VEGETATION; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA; TYPHA;

EID: 0031468936     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00725-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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