Potential use of mangrove plantation as constructed wetland for municipal wastewater treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 257-266

  Boonsong, K ^a   Piyatiratitivorakul, S ^a   Patanaponpaiboon, P ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Constructed wetland; Mangroves; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MANGROVE;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MANGROVE; PARAMETER; PLANTATION; SAMPLING; SEEDLING; SOIL; SOLID; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AVICENNIA MARINA; BRUGUIERA; BRUGUIERA CYLINDRICA; CERIOPS; CERIOPS TAGAL; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0242721292     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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