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Microbial nitrogen removal of ammonia wastewater in poly (butylenes succinate)-based constructed wetland: effect of

Huaqing Liu1, Zhen Hu1, Yijin Zhang2

  • 1Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
|September 29, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
Ammonia nitrogenConstructed wetlandDissolved oxygenMicrobial nitrogen removalPoly (butylenes succinate)

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