Influence of intermittent wetting and drying conditions on heavy metal removal by stormwater biofilters

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4590-4598

  Blecken, Godecke Tobias ^a   Zinger, Yaron ^b   Deletić, Ana ^b   Fletcher, Tim D ^b   Viklander, Maria ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Bioretention; Drying and wetting; Heavy metals; Stormwater; Submerged zone

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; DROUGHT; DRYING; STORMS; WETTING;

BIOFILTRATIONS; BIORETENTION; DRYING AND WETTING; INTERMITTENT DRYING; INTERMITTENT WETTING; METAL REMOVAL; STORMWATERS; SUBMERGED ZONES; WETTING AND DRYING; WETTING CONDITIONS;

HEAVY METALS;

CARBON; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

BIOFILTRATION; HEAVY METAL; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROCOSM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STORMWATER; WETTING;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MESOCOSM; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 71849096750     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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