Factors influencing the efficiency of constructed wetlands used for the treatment of intensive trout farm effluent

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 711-722

  Sindilariu, Paul Daniel ^a   Brinker, Alexander ^b   Reiter, Reinhard ^a  

^a Institute for Fishery   (Germany)

^b Fisheries Research Station of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

High hydraulic loading rate; Service lifetime; Subsurface flow wetlands; Treatment economics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; COST-INCREASES; FEED QUALITIES; FINANCIAL IMPACTS; HIGH HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE; HIGH-FLOW RATES; HYDRAULIC LOADINGS; HYDRAULIC LOADS; MULTIFACTOR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PRE TREATMENTS; PRODUCTION COSTS; RETENTION RATES; SERVICE LIFETIME; SOLID FRACTIONS; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; SUBSURFACE FLOW WETLANDS; TIME-DEPENDENT FACTORS; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT ECONOMICS; TREATMENT EFFICIENCIES; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; TROUT FARMS; VEGETATION PERIODS; WETLAND AREAS; WETLAND CELLS; WETLAND TREATMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HYDRAULICS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ROADS AND STREETS; TANNING; TURBINES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HARVESTING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SALMONID CULTURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTE TREATMENT;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 64649096893     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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