The Wheal Jane wetlands model for bioremediation of acid mine drainage

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 125-135

  Whitehead, P G ^a   Cosby, B J ^a   Prior, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIMESTONE; MINING; PH EFFECTS; PILOT PLANTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); ANOXIC LIMESTONE DRAIN (ALD); LIME DOSED (LD); ROCK FILTERS;

WETLANDS;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; COPPER; IRON; LIMESTONE; SULFATE; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FILTER; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLANT CELL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROCK; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WETLAND;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; METALS; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 12944334181     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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