Phosphorus removal ability of three inexpensive substrates: Physicochemical properties and application

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-581

  Guan, Baohua ^a,b   Yao, Xin ^b   Jiang, Jinhui ^a   Tian, Ziqiang ^c   An, Shuqing ^a   Gu, Binhe ^d   Cai, Ying ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Phosphorus adsorption ability; Phosphorus inhibition ability; Physicochemical properties; Substrates selection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL WETLANDS; CALCIUM CONTENTS; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; LAKE TAIHU; PHOSPHORUS ADSORPTION ABILITY; PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REMOVAL RATES; SHALLOW FRESHWATER; TESTING TIME; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

ADSORPTION; APPLICATIONS; CALCIUM; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; LIMESTONE; PHOSPHORUS; SUBSTRATES;

WETLANDS;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; LIMESTONE; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; SUBSTRATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 64649083021     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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