A bench-scale constructed wetland as a model to characterize benzene biodegradation processes in freshwater wetlands

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 10036-10044

  Rakoczy, Jana ^a   Remy, Benjamin ^a,b   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ZA Kerchopine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC PROCESS; BENZENE BIODEGRADATION; BENZENE DEGRADATION; BENZENE REMOVAL; BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; CARBON AND HYDROGENS; COMPLETE OXIDATION; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FERROUS IRON; FLOOD-PLAINS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; FUNCTIONAL GENES; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; IN-SITU; INDIGENOUS MICROBES; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MONOOXYGENASES; NATURAL WETLAND; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; OXYGEN TRANSFER; ROOT SAMPLES; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BENZENE; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GENES; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERROUS ION; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; TMOA ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOODPLAIN; FRACTIONATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; WETLANDS;

EID: 82355165170     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2026196     Document Type: Article

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