Effects of five macrophytes on nitrogen remediation and mass balance in wetland mesocosms

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-42

  Borin, Maurizio ^a   Salvato, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Macrophytes; N allocation; N gaseous losses; N removal efficiency; N treatment; N uptake

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PARTS; AERIAL TISSUES; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CUMULATIVE LOADS; GROWING SEASON; MACROPHYTES; MASS BALANCE; MESOCOSMS; N BALANCE; N CONTENT; N REMOVAL; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN LOADS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SHORT TERM; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; TOTAL LOAD; TREATMENT SITES; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; VEGETATED TREATMENTS; WETLAND MESOCOSMS;

EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; GRAVEL; HARVESTING; TISSUE;

NITROGEN;

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HERB; MACROPHYTE; MASS BALANCE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REMEDIATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

CAREX ELATA; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84864060056     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.04.034     Document Type: Article

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