Concurrent nitrate and atrazine retention in bioreactors of straw and bark mulch at short hydraulic residence times

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-113

  Krause Camilo, B ^a   Matzinger, A ^b   Litz, N ^a   Tedesco, L P ^c   Wessolek, G ^d  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB)   (Germany)

^c Wetlands Institute   (United States)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Bark mulch; Bentazone; Denitrification; Herbicide retention; Short hydraulic residence time; Straw

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; BARK MULCH; BENTAZONE; DENITRIFYING CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERBICIDE RETENTION; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

AGING OF MATERIALS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; NITRATES; REDUCTION; STRAW; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; BIOREACTOR; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENITRIFICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULCH; NITRATE; RESIDENCE TIME; RETENTION; STRAW;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84875772175     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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