Effects of plant biomass on nitrogen transformation in subsurface-batch constructed wetlands: A stable isotope and mass balance assessment

Water Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-167

  Chen, Yi ^a,b   Wen, Yue ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Vymazal, Jan ^b  

^a Tongji University ^*  (China)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrogen; Nitrogen stable isotopes; Subsurface batch constructed wetlands; Typha latifolia

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; TERTIARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

ISOTOPE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRANSFORMATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BATCH PROCESS; BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HETEROTROPHY; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; KINETICS; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LITTER; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSURFACE BATCH CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; TYPHACEAE; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TYPHACEAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84903787494     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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