Effect of earthworm Eisenia fetida and wetland plants on nitrification and denitrification potentials in vertical flow constructed wetland

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-206

  Xu, Defu ^a   Li, Yingxue ^a   Howard, Alan ^b   Guan, Yidong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification potentials; Eisenia fetida; Nitrification potentials; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; NITRIFICATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL; EARTHWORM EISENIA FETIDA; EISENIA FETIDA; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; WETLAND PLANTS;

WETLANDS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; EARTHWORM; FLOW PATTERN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CANNA INDICA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; EISENIA FETIDA; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRAIL; PLANT; RHIZOSPHERE; TYPHA AUGUSTIFOLIA;

CANNA INDICA; EISENIA FETIDA; FUNGI; PHRAGMITES; TYPHA;

EID: 84876848810     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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