Development of a constructed wetland water treatment system for selenium removal: Incorporation of an algal treatment component

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10518-10525

  Huang, Jung Chen ^a   Suárez, María C ^a   Yang, Soo In ^a,b   Lin, Zhi Qing ^a,c   Terry, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL VOLATILIZATION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; PRETREATMENT UNITS; SELENIUM REMOVAL; SELENOMETHIONINE; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

WETLANDS;

RIVER WATER; SELENATE; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; MICROALGA; MICROCOSM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER WATER; SELENIUM; VOLATILIZATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER TREATMENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ACUTODESMUS OBLIQUUS; ALGA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DRY WEIGHT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; SEA; VOLATILIZATION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CALIFORNIA; SALTON SEA; UNITED STATES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORELLA; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SCENEDESMUS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84884244172     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4015629     Document Type: Article

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