The use of aquatic macrophytes in water-pollution control.

H Brix, HH Schierup - 1989 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Major sewage discharges can be treated by conventional systems but routing small rural
areas to large treatment works can be expensive. Discharge of organic and inorganic …

Competition and allelopathy in aquatic plant communities

B Gopal, U Goel - The Botanical Review, 1993 - Springer
The paper reviews the published literature on the studies of competition and allelopathy in
aquatic plant communities. Taking a broader view of the community, the studies on …

Growing duckweed in swine wastewater for nutrient recovery and biomass production

J Xu, G Shen - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Spirodela oligorrhiza, a promising duckweed identified in previous studies, was examined
under different cropping conditions for nutrient recovery from swine wastewater and biomass …

Determinants and patterns of population growth in water hyacinth

JR Wilson, N Holst, M Rees - Aquatic Botany, 2005 - Elsevier
Mathematical models of the growth of water hyacinth are developed to provide a sound
basis for assessing existing and potential control options. We show that under constant …

Types of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: their potential for nutrient removal

J Vymazal - Transformations of nutrients in natural and constructed …, 2001 - hero.epa.gov
Nitrogen transformations in wetland ecosystems are very complex. The processes that affect
the removal and retention of nitrogen during wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands …

The use of duckweed for wastewater treatment

J Zirschky, SC Reed - Journal (Water Pollution Control Federation), 1988 - JSTOR
The operation of six duckweed treatment systems is briefly reviewed. Significant design
considerations include a 20-day detention time for algae removal in wastewater lagoons, a …

Influence of nitrogen supply rates on growth and nutrient storage by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) plants

KR Reddy, M Agami, JC Tucker - Aquatic Botany, 1989 - Elsevier
The effect of nitrogen (N) levels of the culture medium (0.5–50.5 mg N l− 1 or 38–3820 mg N
m− 2 day− 1) on net productivity and nutrient (N, phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)) storage …

Growth characteristics of aquatic macrophytes cultured in nutrient-enriched water: I. Water hyacinth, water lettuce, and pennywort

KR Reddy, WF DeBusk - Economic Botany, 1984 - Springer
Seasonal growth characteristics and biomass yield potential of 3 floating aquatic
macrophytes cultured in nutrient nonlimiting conditions were evaluated in central Florida's …

Growth characteristics of aquatic macrophytes cultured in nutrient-enriched water: II. Azolla, Duckweed, and Salvinia

KR Reddy, WF DeBusk - Economic Botany, 1985 - Springer
Seasonal growth characteristics and biomass yield potential of 4 small-leaf, floating, aquatic
macrophytes cultured in nutrient nonlimiting conditions were evaluated for central Florida's …

Intrinsic growth rate: a new approach to evaluate the effects of temperature, photoperiod and phosphorus–nitrogen concentrations on duckweed growth under …

S Lasfar, F Monette, L Millette, A Azzouz - Water research, 2007 - Elsevier
A comprehensive model based on a new approach was developed to simulate the
duckweed growth under controlled conditions. Contrary to other approaches which use the …