Nutrient removal in wetlands with different macrophyte structures in eastern Lake Taihu, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1725-1732

  Hu, Liuming ^a,b   Hu, Weiping ^b   Deng, Jiancai ^b   Li, Qingqing ^a,b   Gao, Feng ^a,b   Zhu, Jinge ^a,b   Han, Tao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Harvest; Lake Taihu; Macrophyte structures; Nutrient removal; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITROGEN; AVERAGE RATE; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; EAST COAST; HARVEST; HIGH DENSITY; LAKE RESTORATION; LAKE TAIHU; LATIFOLIA; MACROPHYTES; NATURAL WETLAND; NELUMBO NUCIFERA GAERTN; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION POTENTIALS; POTENTIAL ABILITY; TYPHA ORIENTALIS; WETLAND CONSTRUCTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; HARVESTING; LAKES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GRASS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; HEMARTHRIA; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; TYPHA ORIENTALIS; ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 77957799555     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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