Microbial biomass and heterotrophic production of surface flow mesocosm wetlands treating woodwaste leachate: Responses to hydraulic and organic loading and relations with mass reduction

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-139

  Tao, Wendong ^a   Hall, Ken J ^b   Duff, Sheldon J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Heterotrophic production; Hydraulic loading rate; Mesocosm wetland; Organic loading rate; Reduction rate; Woodwaste leachate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS;

HETEROTROPHIC PRODUCTION; ORGANIC LOADING; ORGANIC LOADING RATE;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FATTY ACID; MESOCOSM; REDUCTION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WETLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548012382     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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