The influence of plants on nitrogen removal from landfill leachate in discontinuous batch shallow constructed wetland with recirculating subsurface horizontal flow

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-52

  Białowiec, Andrzej ^a   Davies, Laura ^b   Albuquerque, Antonio ^c   Randerson, Peter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Landfill leachate; Nitrogen removal; Redox potential; Reed; Willow

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; LANDFILL LEACHATE; REDOX POTENTIALS; REED; WILLOW;

AMMONIA; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; NITROGEN; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENITRIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDOX POTENTIAL; REEDBED; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

SALIX;

EID: 84855264166     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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