Comparison of ammonia volatilisation rates in algae and duckweed-based waste stabilisation ponds treating domestic wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4587-4594

  Zimmo, O R ^a   Van Der Steen, N P ^b   Gijzen, H J ^b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Duckweed; Lemna gibba; Stabilisation ponds; Volatilisation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMMONIA; VAPORIZATION;

WASTEWATER STABILIZATION PONDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN;

ACCURACY; ALGA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WEED;

ALGAE; LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

EID: 0142011125     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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