Effects of plant diversity on nutrient retention and enzyme activities in a full-scale constructed wetland

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1686-1692

  Zhang, Chong Bang ^a   Wang, Jiang ^a   a, Wen Li Liu ^a   Zhu, Si Xi ^b   Liu, Dong ^b   Chang, Scott X ^c   Chang, Jie ^b   Ge, Ying ^b  

^a TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbial activities; Nutrient components; Plant richness; Surface vertical flow wetland

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT COMPONENTS; PHOSPHORUS RETENTION; PLANT RICHNESS; PLANT SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL FLOW WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMIDASE; AMMONIA; ASPARAGINASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; CATALASE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; GLUCOSIDASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINASE; UREASE; NITRATE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIA; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CELLULASE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; UREASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 77953622150     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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