Quantification of oxygen release by bulrush (Scirpus validus) roots in a constructed treatment wetland

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 308-318

  Bezbaruah, Achintya N ^a   Zhang, Tian C ^b  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Active lateral root; Constructed wetland; Microelectrode; Plant oxygen release; Radial oxygen loss

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE; WASTEWATER;

BULRUSH; DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO); OXYGEN RELEASE; QUANTIFICATION;

WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT ROOT; REACTOR DESIGN; ROOT LENGTH; SCIRPUS VALIDUS; WASTE WATER;

CYPERACEAE; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 14244264165     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20332     Document Type: Article

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