Nitrogen and phosphorus removal in substrate-free pilot constructed wetlands with horizontal surface flow in Uganda

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 165, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 37-59

  Kyambadde, Joseph ^a,b   Kansiime, Frank ^a   Dalhammar, Gunnel ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Cyperus papyrus; Horizontal flow; Miscanthidium violaceum; Nitrification; Nutrient uptake; Plant biomass production; Substrate free; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITRIFICATION; NUTRITION; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; MISCANTHIDIUM VIOLACEUM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT BIOMASS PRODUCTION; SUBSTRATE-FREE; UGANDA;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYPERUS; DECOMPOSITION; OXIDATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; UGANDA; WASTE WATER; WETLAND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

CYPERUS PAPYRUS; MISCANTHIDIUM; MISCANTHIDIUM VIOLACEUM;

EID: 23844438907     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-4643-6     Document Type: Article

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