Effects of vegetation and hydraulic load on seasonal nitrate removal in treatment wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 946-952

  Bastviken, Sofia Kallner ^a   Weisner, Stefan E B ^b   Thiere, Geraldine ^b   Svensson, Jonas M ^b   Ehde, Per Magnus ^b   Tonderski, Karin S ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hydraulic load; Removal rate coefficient; Season; Vegetation; Wetland nitrate removal

Indexed keywords

AREA-BASED; CRITICAL FACTORS; EMERGENT VEGETATIONS; FIRST ORDERS; FREE WATER SURFACE WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC LOAD; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE-N; RATE COEFFICIENTS; REMOVAL RATE COEFFICIENT; SEASON; SHAPE AND SIZES; SURFACE WATER QUALITIES; TREATMENT WETLANDS; VEGETATION TYPES;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITRATE; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 64649083480     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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