Role of algal biofilm in improving the performance of free surface, up-flow constructed wetland

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 596-604

  Badhe, Neha ^a   Saha, Shaswati ^a   Biswas, Rima ^a   Nandy, Tapas ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Algal biofilm; Constructed wetland; Free surface; Green solution; Nutrient removal

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LINEAR REGRESSION; NUTRIENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

BIO-FILM THICKNESS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; FREE SURFACES; GREEN SOLUTION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; PHOSPHATE REMOVAL;

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE;

ALGA; AMMONIA; BIOFILM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MACROPHYTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GROWING SEASON; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PLANT DENSITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME; RHIZOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER; WINTER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREMEDIATION; FLOW KINETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TYPHACEAE; WETLAND;

ALGAE;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; PHOSPHATES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SEASONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TYPHACEAE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84907371338     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.050     Document Type: Article

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