Substrate organic matter to improve nitrate removal in surface-flow constructed wetlands

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 194-207

  Burchell II, Michael R ^a   Skaggs, R Wayne ^a   Lee, Charles R ^b   Broome, Steven ^c   Chescheir, George M ^a   Osborne, Jason ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b RSMT LLC   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; GROWTH KINETICS; NITRATES; NUTRITION; SOILS; WETLANDS;

BIOMASS GROWTH; BIOSOLIDS; MESOCOSM; ORGANIC MATTER (OM);

ORGANIC MINERALS;

CARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOSOLID; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LOAM SOIL; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NITRATES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 33846253633     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0022     Document Type: Article

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