Gaseous fluxes in the nitrogen and carbon budgets of subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 404, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 343-353

  Mander, Ülo ^a   Lõhmus, Krista ^a   Teiter, Sille ^a   Mauring, Tõnu ^a,b   Nurk, Kaspar ^a   Augustin, Jürgen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Carbon dioxide; Constructed wetlands; Dinitrogen; Global warming potential; Methane; Nitrogen budget; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NONMETALS;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DINITROGEN; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; METHANE; NITROGEN BUDGET; NITROUS OXIDE; SUB-SURFACE FLOW;

WETLANDS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GAS FLOW; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT RESPIRATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WETLANDS;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 52949112635     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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