Effects of plant diversity on biomass production and substrate nitrogen in a subsurface vertical flow constructed wetland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1307-1313

  Zhu, Si Xi ^a   Ge, Han Liang ^a   Ge, Ying ^a   Cao, Hai Qin ^a   Liu, Dong ^a   Chang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Chong Bang ^b   Gu, Bao Jing ^a   Chang, Scott X ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional group; Nutrient retention; Productivity; Species richness; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; LITTLE RESEARCH; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN LIMITATION; NITROGEN RETENTION; NITROGEN SUPPLY; NUTRIENT RETENTION; PLANT BIOMASS PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT SPECIES; SOUTHEASTERN CHINA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSURFACE VERTICAL-FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

SUBSTRATES;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEGUME; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBSTRATE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 77955557761     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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