Effects of plants and temperature on nitrogen removal and microbiology in a pilot-scale integrated vertical-flow wetland treating primary domestic wastewater

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-290

  Peng, Lian ^a   Hua, Yumei ^a   Cai, Jianbo ^a   Zhao, Jianwei ^a   Zhou, Wenbing ^a   Zhu, Duanwei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrifying bacteria; Integrated vertical constructed wetland (IVCW); Nitrification intensity; Nitrifying bacteria; Oxygen concentration at the surface of plant roots.

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NITRIFYING BACTERIA; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; PLANT ROOTS;

DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SECRETION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84892955505     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.12.036     Document Type: Article

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