Enhanced arsenic removals through plant interactions in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-169

  Singhakant, Chatchawal ^a   Koottatep, Thammarat ^a   Satayavivad, Jutamaad ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b CHULABHORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Arsenic mass balance; Arsenic removal mechanisms; Constructed wetland; Sequential fractionation; Vetiver grasses

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MANGANESE; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMOVAL; WETLANDS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ARSENIC REMOVAL MECHANISMS; BED MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC SULFIDES; PLANT INTERACTIONS; PLANT ROOTS; PRECIPITATION PROCESSES; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SEQUENTIAL FRACTIONATION; VETIVER GRASSES;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECOMPOSITION; FLOW; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PRECIPITATION; VETIVERIA;

ARSENIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANTS; POACEAE; WETLANDS;

POACEAE;

EID: 58149169144     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520802539780     Document Type: Article

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