Effects of plant biomass on nitrate removal and transformation of carbon sources in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7286-7292

  Wen, Yue ^a   Chen, Yi ^a   Zheng, Nan ^a   Yang, Dianhai ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Available carbon source; Nitrate removal; Plant biomass; Subsurface flow constructed wetlands (SSFCWs)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EFFLUENTS; NITRATES; WETLANDS;

ALKALI PRETREATMENT; CARBON SOURCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CWS); N SPECIES; NITRATE REMOVAL; PLANT BIOMASS; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ALKALI; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; LITTER; NITRATE; PLANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; PLANT LITTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOREMEDIATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; TIME; TYPHACEAE; WETLAND;

TYPHA;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TYPHACEAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WETLANDS;

EID: 77953897708     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.04.068     Document Type: Article

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