Artificial aeration to increase pollutant removal efficiency of constructed wetlands in cold climate

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-264

  Ouellet Plamondon, Claudiane ^a   Chazarenc, Florent ^a,b   Comeau, Yves ^b   Brisson, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeration; Cold climate; Fish farm effluent; Horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATOLOGY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FISHERIES; FLOW OF WATER; SEWAGE AERATION; WETLANDS;

AERATION; COLD CLIMATE; FISH FARM EFFLUENTS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLIMATOLOGY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FISHERIES; FLOW OF WATER; SEWAGE AERATION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; WETLANDS;

AERATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MACROPHYTE; MESOCOSM; OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WETLAND;

EID: 33748141969     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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