Bioremediation of acid mine drainage: An introduction to the Wheal Jane wetlands project

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 15-21

  Whitehead, P G ^a   Prior, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Bioremediation; Metals; Modelling; Water quality; Wetlands; Wheal Jane

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; MINING; PILOT PLANTS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); AEROBIC REED BEDS; ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAIN (ALD); LIME-DOSED (LD); LIMEFREE (LF); PILOT PASSIVE TREATMENT PLANT (PPTP);

WATER POLLUTION;

CALCIUM OXIDE; WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FILTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANAGER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; UNITED KINGDOM; WETLAND;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; GREAT BRITAIN; MINING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 12944326290     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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