Nutrient removal in constructed microcosm wetlands for treating polluted river water in northern China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-568

  Wu, Haiming ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Li, Peizhi ^b   Zhang, Jinyong ^a   Xie, Huijun ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Nansi Lake Water Quality Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Microcosm wetlands; Northern China; Nutrient removal; Plant uptake

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DRINKING WATER; IRIS PSEUDACORUS; MICROCOSM WETLANDS; N REMOVAL; NORTHERN CHINA; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; P REMOVAL; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT UPTAKE; POLLUTED RIVERS; SCIRPUS; TP REMOVAL; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TYPHA ORIENTALIS;

DEWATERING; NUTRIENTS; POTABLE WATER; REMOVAL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRINKING WATER; MICROCOSM; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER POLLUTION;

IRIS PSEUDACORUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI; TYPHA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 79951674225     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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