Plants as ecosystem engineers in subsurface-flow treatment wetlands

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 9-17

  Tanner, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aeration; Constructed wetlands; Natural systems; Nutrient removal; Phytoremediation; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; ECOSYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENT TRANSFORMATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOLOGY; GRAVEL BED; PHOSPHORUS; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD;

AERATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DISINFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROTOZOON; SOLID; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035672807     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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