Relationship between hydraulic efficiency and phosphorus removal in a submerged aquatic vegetation-dominated treatment wetland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-23

  Dierberg, Forrest E ^a   Juston, John J ^a   DeBusk, Thomas A ^a   Pietro, Kathy ^b   Gu, Binhe ^b  

^a DB Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Detention time; Dispersion; Flow modeling; Hydraulic efficiency; Hydrology; Mixing; Phosphorus; Rate constant; Rhodamine WT; Submersed aquatic vegetation; Tracer testing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; DYES; HYDRAULICS; PH EFFECTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATERS (ADW); FREE-WATER SURFACE TREATMENT; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION (SAV);

PHOSPHORUS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISPERSION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGY; MIXING; PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATION;

SAN ANGELO VIRUS;

EID: 20544437468     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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