Wetland plants, micro-organisms and enzymatic activities interrelations in treating N polluted water

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-43

  Salvato, Michela ^a   Borin, Maurizio ^a   Doni, Serena ^b   Macci, Cristina ^b   Ceccanti, Brunello ^b   Marinari, Sara ^c   Masciandaro, Grazia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; Macrophytes; Microbial population; N treatment; Root system

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; CARBON SOURCE; CHITINASES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GLUCOSIDASE; GRAVEL SURFACES; GRAVEL WASHING; HIGH-CONTENT; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITIES; LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; MACROPHYTES; MESOSCALE LEVELS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; N REMOVAL; NUTRIENT CYCLE; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT SYSTEMS; PLASTIC TANKS; POLLUTED WATER; PSEUDOMONAS GENUS; ROOT EXUDATES; ROOT EXUDATION; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT TURNOVER; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER-SOLUBLE CARBONS; WETLAND PLANTS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTS; GRAVEL; MICROORGANISMS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WATER SUPPLY;

WATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXUDATION; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CAREX ELATA; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PSEUDOMONAS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84864056556     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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