Floating islands as an alternative to constructed wetlands for treatment of excess nutrients from agricultural and municipal wastes - Results of laboratory-scale tests

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-33

  Stewart, Frank M ^a   Mulholland, Tim ^b   Cunningham, Alfred B ^c   Kania, Bruce G ^d   Osterlund, Mark T ^d  

^a Stewart Engineering   (United States)

^b Lanyard Engineering   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Floating Island International   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; BioHaven ; Biomimetic; Bioremediation; Floating island; Nitrate; Nutrient removal; Phosphate; Treatment wetlands

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; PHOSPHATE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER COLUMN; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 40749160492     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.874     Document Type: Article

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