Roles of substrate microorganisms and urease activities in wastewater purification in a constructed wetland system

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 191-195

  Liang, Wei ^a,b   Wu, Zhen Bin ^b   Cheng, Shui Ping ^b   Zhou, Qiao Hong ^b   Hu, Hong Ying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Correlation; Purification effects; Substrate microorganisms; Urease activities

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION METHODS; MICROORGANISMS; PURIFICATION; REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD); TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENZYME; MICROORGANISM; PURIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 1542351269     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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