Nitrate and phosphate removal effects of compost amendments in wetland mesocosms

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1773-1778

  Walker, Charles W ^a   Shannon, Robert D ^a,b  

^a University Park   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composts; Denitrification; Environmental protection; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Water quality; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

MINERAL SUBSTRATES; TRIPLICATES;

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHATES; WETLANDS;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOST; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL AMENDMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COMPOST; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

EID: 33947102114     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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