The fate of selenium in the Imperial and Brawley constructed wetlands in the Imperial Valley (California)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 908-913

  Johnson, Paula I ^a   Gersberg, Richard M ^a   Rigby, Mark ^b,c   Roy, Sujoy ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural drainwater; Bioaccumulation; Constructed wetlands; Selenium; Treatment wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATERS; AGRICULTURAL DRAINWATER; CALIFORNIA; CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; EFFICIENT METHODS; IN PLANTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; POTENTIAL RISKS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; TOTAL MASS; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

ANIMALS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; MEATS; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SELENIUM; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRAINAGE WATER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FISH; INFLOW; INVERTEBRATE; MASS BALANCE; PLANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; VOLATILIZATION;

IMPERIAL VALLEY; NEW RIVER [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 64649092513     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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