Constructed mangrove wetland as secondary treatment system for municipal wastewater

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Wu, Y ^a   Chung, A ^b   Tam, N F Y ^a   Pi, N ^a   Wong, M H ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Hydraulic retention time; Mangrove microcosm; Municipal wastewater; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MANGROVE MICROCOSM; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; NUTRIENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MANGROVE; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

KANDELIA CANDEL;

EID: 51249086029     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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