Effect of coconut coir-pith supplement on nitrogen and phosphate removal in subsurface flow wetland microcosms

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-22

  Tanaka, Norio ^a   Karunarathna, A K ^a   Jindasa, K B S N ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coir pith; Constructed wetland; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phragmites australis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 39649107548     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540701822401     Document Type: Article

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