An investigation of the limits of phosphorus removal in wetlands: A mesocosm study of a shallow periphyton-dominated treatment system

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  DeBusk, Thomas A ^a   Grace, Kevin A ^a   Dierberg, Forrest E ^a   Jackson, Scott D ^a   Chimney, Michael J ^b   Gu, Binhe ^b  

^a DB Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Periphyton; Phosphorus reduction; Submerged aquatic vegetation; TN:TP ratios; Treatment wetlands

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME (HRT); LIMEROCK FILTERS;

HYDRATION; HYDRAULICS; LIMESTONE; PHOSPHORUS; SOLUBILITY; TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; MESOCOSM; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLADOPHORA; SCHIZOTHRIX; SCYTONEMA;

EID: 4644307256     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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