Impact of a submerged zone and a carbon source on heavy metal removal in stormwater biofilters

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 769-778

  Blecken, Godecke Tobias ^a   Zinger, Yaron ^b   Deletić, Ana ^b   Fletcher, Tim D ^b   Viklander, Maria ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioretention; Carbon source; Heavy metals; Stormwater; Submerged zone

Indexed keywords

A CARBONS; BIORETENTION; CARBON SOURCE; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; HEAVY METAL REMOVALS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MESOCOSMS; METAL TREATMENTS; NITROGEN TREATMENTS; PB REMOVALS; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STORMWATER; SUBMERGED ZONE; URBAN STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES;

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; CELLULOSE; DENITRIFICATION; HEAVY METAL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; STORMWATER;

EID: 64749115806     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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