Performance of pilot-scale vertical flow constructed wetlands with and without the emergent macrophyte Spartina alterniflora treating mariculture effluent
Braz. arch. biol. technol
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54(2): 405-413, Mar.-Apr. 2011. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Vertical flow constructed wetlands, planted with and without Spartina alterniflora, were tested for the treatment of mariculture wastewater. Wetlands with and without the emergent macrophyte produced reductions of 89 and 71 percent for inorganic solids, 82 and 96 percent for organic solids, 51 and 63 percent for total nitrogen, 82 and 92 percent for ammoniacal nitrogen, 64 and 59 percent for orthophosphate, and 81 and 89 percent for turbidity, respectively. Wetlands with S. alterniflora showed denitrification tendencies, while wetlands without S. alterniflora had higher oxygen levels leading to nitrification. The results suggest the fundamental role of oxygen controlling the purification processes as well as the potential of constructed wetlands to treat mariculture effluents.
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Braz. arch. biol. technol
Assunto da revista:
Biologia
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidade Estadual de Maringá/BR
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina/BR
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Universidade Tiradentes/BR
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