Nutrient removal in tropical subsurface flow constructed wetlands under batch and continuous flow conditions

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Zhang, Dong Qing ^a   Tan, Soon Keat ^b   Gersberg, Richard M ^c   Zhu, Junfei ^a   Sadreddini, Sara ^a   Li, Yifei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batch (drain and fill); Constructed wetlands; Continuous flow; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Rhizosphere aeration; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; SOILS; WETLANDS;

AQUATIC PLANTS; BATCH (DRAIN AND FILL); BATCH FLOWS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; RHIZOSPHERE AERATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE-FLOW; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

PHOSPHORUS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AERATION; AMMONIUM; AQUATIC PLANT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

AERATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; OXIDATION; RHIZOSPHERE;

EID: 80855138274     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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