Effect of carbon source on the denitrification in constructed wetlands

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1036-1043

  LU, Songliu ^a   HU, Hongying ^a   SUN, Yingxue ^a   YANG, Jia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon source; constructed wetland; denitrification; nitrate; nitrite

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; IN-FIELD; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LOADS; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITRITE; RETENTION TIME; SEASONAL CHANGES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; GLUCOSE; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON;

WETLANDS;

CARBON; NITRATE; NITRITE;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITRITE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; NITRATES; NITRITES; PLANTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 68349112681     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62379-7     Document Type: Article

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