Floating treatment wetland nutrient removal through vegetation harvest and observations from a field study

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-26

  Wang, Chih Yu ^a   Sample, David J ^b   Day, Susan D ^b   Grizzard, Thomas J ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphorus removal; Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata L.); Softstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani); Sustainability; Urban wet pond; Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HARVESTING; ICE; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

FLOATING TREATMENT WETLANDS; IRIS PSEUDACORUS; LOW DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PICKERELWEED (PONTEDERIA CORDATA L.); SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI;

WATER TREATMENT;

IRIS PSEUDACORUS; PONTEDERIA CORDATA; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI;

EID: 84939415155     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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