Heterotrophic community-level physiological profiles of domestic wastewater following treatment by small constructed subsurface flow wetlands

Water Environment Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 468-473

  Hench, Keith R ^b   Sexstone, Alan J ^a   Bissonnette, Gary K ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BIOLOG; Constructed wetlands; Functional diversity; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CARBON SOURCE UTILIZATION PATTERNS; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES (CLPP); FECAL INDICATOR ORGANISMS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAL COMMUNITY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SEWAGE; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

OXYGEN;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; OXYGEN; PLANTS; SEASONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 16544392681     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143004X151554     Document Type: Article

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