Seasonal effect on ammonia nitrogen removal by constructed wetlands treating polluted river water in southern Taiwan

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-301

  Jing, Shuh Ren ^a   Lin, Ying Feng ^a  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonia nitrogen; Constructed wetlands; Mass loading rate; Salinity; Seasonal effect; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

SEASONAL EFFECTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; VOLUMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0142057305     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00267-7     Document Type: Article

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