Effect of plant harvesting on the performance of constructed wetlands during winter: radial oxygen loss and microbial characteristics

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 7476-7484

  Wang, Qian ^a   Xie, Huijun ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Liang, Shuang ^a   Ngo, Huu Hao ^b   Guo, Wenshan ^b   Liu, Chen ^a   Zhao, Congcong ^a   Li, Hao ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Harvesting; Microbial activity; Microbial population; Radial oxygen loss

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; TIME; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; OXYGEN; POACEAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84939982052     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3966-5     Document Type: Article

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