Nutrient removal through autumn harvest of Phragmites australis and Thypha latifolia shoots in relation to nutrient loading in a wetland system used for polishing sewage treatment plant effluent

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

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1133-1156

  Toet, Sylvia ^a,b   Bouwman, Meike ^a   Cevaal, Annechien ^a   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergent macrophytes; Hydraulic retention time; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Treatment wetlands; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE TREATMENT; SORPTION;

NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS (STP);

SOIL POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARVESTING; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHARGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; SEASONS; SEWAGE; TYPHACEAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

BIOMASS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HARVESTING; PLANTS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL; SORPTION;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 18844380464     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ESE-200055616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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