Reduction of nutrient contaminants into shallow eutrophic waters through vegetated treatment beds

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1280-1287

  Han, P ^a   Vijayaraghavan, K ^a   Reuben, S ^a   Estrada, E S ^a   Joshi, U M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Algae; Ecological treatment; Macrophytes; Nutrient removal

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MACROPHYTES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PANDANUS AMARYLLIFOLIUS; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; VEGETATED TREATMENTS;

ALGAE; BIOREMEDIATION; EUTROPHICATION; REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; WATER;

ALLELOPATHY; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOREMEDIATION; COLONIZATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GRASS; INHIBITION; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEDGE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL GROWTH; ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CYPERUS HASPAN; EUTROPHICATION; HYGRORYZA ARISTATA; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PANDANUS AMARYLLIFOLIUS; PH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PISTIA STRATIOTES; PLANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PONTEDERIA CORDATA; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; THALIA GENICULATA; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROPHYLL; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84885407442     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.361     Document Type: Article

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