Gaseous fluxes from subsurface flow constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1215-1226

  Mander, Ülo ^a   Lõhmus, Krista ^a   Teiter, Sille ^a   Nurk, Kaspar ^a   Mauring, Tõnu ^a,b   Augustin, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Center for Ecological Engineering   (Estonia)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Denitrification; Dinitrogen; Global Warming Potential; Methane; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CW); EMISSION RATES; MICROSITES; NITROUS OXIDE;

WETLANDS;

METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; ESTONIA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 18744380357     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-200055662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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