Potential of constructed wetlands in treating the eutrophic water: Evidence from Taihu Lake of China

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1656-1663

  Li, Linfeng ^a,b,d   Li, Yinghao ^a   Biswas, Dilip Kumar ^a   Nian, Yuegang ^c   Jiang, Gaoming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Nutrient removal; Pollution; Taihu Lake; Typha angustifolia

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUTRIENTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; TAIHU LAKE; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUTRIENTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; HARVESTING; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHU LAKE;

TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 37549032414     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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