The effect of low temperatures on ammonia removal in a laboratory-scale constructed wetland

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 340-347

  Lee, M A ^b   Stansbury, J S ^a   Zhang, T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cold temperatures; Constructed wetland; Denitrification; Laboratory scale study; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

AMMONIA REMOVAL; LABORATORY SCALE STUDY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032982821     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X121734     Document Type: Article

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