Response of horizontal sub-surface flow constructed wetlands to sudden organic load changes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-129

  Galvão, Ana ^a   Matos, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Buffering capacity; Constructed wetlands; Mass load; Organic mass removal

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING CAPACITIES; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DURING PHASE; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MASS LOAD; MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC LOAD; ORGANIC MASS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

WETLANDS;

EFFLUENTS;

ARTHROPOD; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

DIPLOPODA;

EID: 84866725032     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.033     Document Type: Article

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