Nitrogen phytoremediation by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 199-207

  Fox, L J ^a   Struik, P C ^b   Appleton, B L ^a   Rule, J H ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Biofiltration; Nutrient removal; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CURING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ASSIMILATION; BIOFILTRATION; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

DEWATERING;

NITROGEN; STORM WATER;

BIOFILTRATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DRY MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; NITROGEN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EICHHORNIA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT TISSUE; POND; WATER HYACINTH; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 53149127288     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9708-x     Document Type: Article

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