Assessment of the nutrient removal effectiveness of floating treatment wetlands applied to urban retention ponds

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-35

  Wang, Chih Yu ^a   Sample, David J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floating treatment wetland; Non point source pollution; Nutrient control; Stormwater; Temperature effects; Urban retention pond

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; EFFICIENCY; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

FLOATING MATS; FLOATING TREATMENT WETLANDS; NONPOINT-SOURCE POLLUTION (NPS); NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS CONTROL; RETENTION POND; STORMWATERS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; URBAN RETENTION POND;

WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; CHLOROPHYLL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLOROPHYLL; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; STORMWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEED; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOATING TREATMENT WETLAND; MESOCOSM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; PLANT ROOT; POND; PONTEDERIA CORDATA; SCHOENOPLECTUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETLAND; BIOREMEDIATION; CITY; CYPERACEAE; METABOLISM; PONTEDERIACEAE; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROPHYLL; CITIES; CYPERACEAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PONDS; PONTEDERIACEAE; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 84896820218     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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