Emission of N2O, N2, CH4, and CO 2 from constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and from riparian buffer zones

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 528-541

  Teiter, Sille ^a   Mander, Ülo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Constructed wetland; Dinitrogen; Global warming potential; Methane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DINITROGEN; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EMISSION; RIPARIAN ZONE; WATER TREATMENT;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ALNUS INCANA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 28644437630     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.07.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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