Effects of salinity on treatment of municipal wastewater by constructed mangrove wetland microcosms

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 727-734

  Wu, Yan ^a   Tam, N F Y ^a   Wong, M H ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aegiceras corniculatum; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Mangroves; Nutrients; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); MANGROVES; SALINITY;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

COASTAL WATER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SALINITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; HONG KONG; MANGROVE; MICROCOSM; PLANT GROWTH; SALINITY; SWAMP; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CITIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HONG KONG; MYRSINACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 46549088455     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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