Kinetics of nutrient removal and biomass production by duckweed Wolffia arrhiza in continuous-flow mesocosms

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-215

  Soda, Satoshi ^a   Kawahata, Yusuke ^a   Takai, Yuichiro ^a   Mishima, Daisuke ^a   Fujita, Masanori ^a   Ike, Michihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Nutrient removal; Turion production; Wolffia arrhiza

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANTS; MAXIMUM PRODUCTION RATE; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; WOLFFIA ARRHIZA;

BIOMASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA ACQUISITION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MESOCOSM; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84877835638     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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