A test of four plant species to reduce total nitrogen and total phosphorus from soil leachate in subsurface wetland microcosms

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Fraser, Lauchlan H ^a   Carty, Spring M ^a   Steer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phytoremediation; Treatment wetland

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL TESTING; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER; WETLANDS;

MONOCULTURES; SUBSURFACE TREATMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

LEACHATE; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEACHING; MICROCOSM; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WETLAND;

ABSORPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAREX; CAREX LACUSTRIS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI; SCIRPUS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 2542426661     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2003.11.023     Document Type: Article

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