Long-term performance of a representative integrated constructed wetland treating farmyard runoff

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 779-790

  Mustafa, Atif ^a   Scholz, Miklas ^a   Harrington, Rory ^b   Carroll, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland   (Ireland)

^c Waterford County Council   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Denitrifying bacteria; Farmyard runoff; Groundwater; Integrated constructed wetland; Ireland; Microbiology; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; FARMYARD RUNOFF; INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; IRELAND;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RESEARCH; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DAIRY FARMING; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANNESTOWN STREAM; COUNTY WATERFORD; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 64849091380     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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