Nitrate removal processes in a constructed wetland treating drainage from dairy pasture

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1260-1265

  Matheson, Fleur E ^a   Sukias, James P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium; Immobilisation; Lemna minor; Plant uptake; Typha orientalis

Indexed keywords

DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; IMMOBILISATION; LEMNA MINOR; PLANT UPTAKE; TYPHA ORIENTALIS;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; WETLANDS;

REDUCTION;

AQUATIC PLANT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED MATTER; DRAINAGE; IMMOBILIZATION; MESOCOSM; NITRATE; PASTURE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ALGAE; LEMNA MINOR; TYPHA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 77955553930     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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