Denitrification of nitrified and non-nitrified swine lagoon wastewater in the suspended sludge layer of treatment wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1514-1522

  Hunt, P G ^a   Stone, K C ^a   Matheny, T A ^a   Poach, M E ^a   Vanotti, M B ^a   Ducey, T F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA; Denitrification; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Suspended sludge; Swine wastewater; Treatment wetlands

Indexed keywords

DEA; NITROUS OXIDE; SUSPENDED SLUDGE; SWINE WASTEWATER; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

ACETYLENE; AGRICULTURE; ANESTHETICS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL MEMBRANES; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; LIGHTING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WASTEWATER; WATER RECYCLING; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MANURE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER;

SUIDAE; TYPHA;

EID: 69949092622     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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