Constructed wetland mesocosms for the treatment of diluted sugarcane molasses stillage from ethanol production using Pontederia sagittata

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3659-3666

  Olguín, Eugenia J ^a   Sánchez Galván, Gloria ^a   González Portela, Ricardo E ^a   López Vela, Melissa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aquatic phytoremediation; Nutrient uptake; Organic matter removal; Pickerelweed; Subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREMEDIATION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC PHYTOREMEDIATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; PICKERELWEED; RETENTION TIME; STILLAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; SUGARCANE MOLASSES; WETLAND MESOCOSMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ALCOHOL; MOLASSES; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SULFATE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POTASSIUM; RETENTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUGAR CANE; SULFATE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WEED;

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; PONTEDERIA SAGITTATA; PONTEDERIACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGARCANE; WETLAND;

PONTEDERIA CORDATA; PONTEDERIA SAGITTATA;

EID: 50549089842     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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