Removal of total nitrogen by Cyperus alternifolius from wastewaters in simulated vertical-flow constructed wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1271-1274

  Cui, Li Hua ^a   Ouyang, Ying ^b   Chen, Yin ^a   Zhu, Xi Zhen ^a   Zhu, Wen Ling ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cyperus alternifolius; Substrate; TN; Vertical flow constructed wetland

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; LINEAR CORRELATION; OPERATION PERIOD; PLANT SPECIES; TN; TOTAL BIOMASS; TOTAL NITROGEN; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; VERTICAL-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

SUBSTRATES;

ACCUMULATION; ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CORRELATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; NITROGEN; PLANT; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUBSTRATE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS;

EID: 67649407261     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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