Nitrogen and phosphorus removal of locally adapted plant species used in constructed wetlands in China

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 695-703

  Yu, Xia ^a,b   König, Thomas ^b,c   Qi, Zhang ^a   Yongsheng, Gao ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Office for Mountain River Lake Development and Management Committee   (China)

^c Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM)   (China)

^d JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Locally adapted species; Nutrient uptake by plants; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PARTS; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CANNA INDICA; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DRIED BIOMASS; EX SITU; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; IRIS PSEUDACORUS; LATIFOLIA; LOCALLY ADAPTED SPECIES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS; PLANT SPECIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOUTHERN CHINA; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES; WATER EFFLUENTS;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WETLANDS;

EFFLUENTS;

NITROGEN; NONMETAL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CANNA INDICA; CHINA; EFFLUENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHRAGMITES; PLANT; PLANT NUTRIENT; SCHOENOPLECTUS LACUSTRIS; VEGETATION; VETIVERIA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WETLAND; ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHINA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; RHIZOME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

CHINA;

ACORUS CALAMUS; CANNA INDICA; IRIS PSEUDACORUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCHOENOPLECTUS LACUSTRIS; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES; ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 84864417516     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.200     Document Type: Article

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