Assessment of nutrient removal in vegetated and unvegetated gravel bed mesocosm treatment wetlands

Conference Proceedings - Joint 2002 CSCE/ASCE International Conference on Environmental Engineering - An International Perspective on Environmental Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 609-620

  Dougherty, Jennifer M ^a   Werker, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nutrient fate and removal kinetics; Oxidation reduction potential; Research needs; Tracers; Treatment wetland mesocosms; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; NUTRITION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REDOX REACTIONS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENT FATE AND REMOVAL KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIAL; RESEARCH NEEDS; TRACERS; TREATMENT WETLAND MESOCOSMS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 23844455664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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