Nitrogen removal capacity of wetlands: Sediment versus epiphytic biofilms

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 175-182

  Bourgues, Sophie ^a   Hart, Barry T H ^b  

^a MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Epiphytic biofilm; Macrophyte; Sediment; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DENITRIFICATION; DESIGN; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

EPIPHYTIC BIOFILMS; MACROPHYTE; STORMWATER TREATMENT;

WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HYDROCARBON; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STORM WATER; ZINC;

BIOFILMS; DENITRIFICATION; DESIGN; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEDIMENTS; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOFILM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; EPIPHYTE; NITROGEN; STORMWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EPIPHYTE; MACROPHYTE; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; WETLANDS;

EPIPHYTON;

EID: 33947622168     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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