Nitrogen and potassium variation on contaminant removal for a vertical subsurface flow lab scale constructed wetland

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 7745-7754

  Bustamante, Miguel Angel Orduña ^a   Mier, Mabel Vaca ^b   Estrada, José Alberto Escalante ^c   Domíguez, Carmen Durán ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c Colegio de Postgraduados de Montecillos ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemical oxygen demand; Constructed wetlands; Nutrient removal; Synthetic wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOMASS YIELD; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; NITROGEN LEVELS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ORGANIC LOAD; ORGANIC LOAD REMOVAL; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SYNTHETIC WASTEWATER; VERTICAL SUBSURFACE FLOWS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM;

BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; GRASS; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POTASSIUM; SAMPLING; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 79960842387     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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