Nutrient removal from a stormwater detention pond using duckweed

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 605-609

  Perniel, M ^a   Ruan, R ^b   Martinez, B ^b  

^a Metropol Cncl Environ Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detention pond; Duckweed; Lemna; Lemnaceae; Nutrient removal; Phosphorus; Spirodela; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMMONIA; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATION;

DETENTION PONDS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 0032207915     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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