Enzyme and root activities in surface-flow constructed wetlands

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 601-608

  Kong, Ling ^a   Wang, Yu Bin ^a   Zhao, Li Na ^a   Chen, Zhang He ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Contaminant removal; Enzyme activity; Root activity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTAMINATION; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORUS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ROOT ACTIVITIES; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

AMMONIA; CELLULASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINASE; UREASE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ROOT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYPERUS FLABELLIFORMIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYMENOCALLIS LITTORALIS; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT; ROOT GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VETIVERIA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

CYPERUS INVOLUCRATUS; HYMENOCALLIS LITTORALIS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

EID: 67649494311     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.04.056     Document Type: Article

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