Phosphorus removal from wastewater by five aquatic plants

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10.2991/icaees-15.2015.186How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Total phosphorus, Removal

Abstract

Five aquatic macrophytes, Acorus calamus, Lythrum salicaria, Monochoria korsakowii Alisma orientale and Sagittaria sagittifolia were tested for the relative growth rate (RGR) and abilities of removing total phosphorus (TP) by the manipulative indoor experiment. A nutrient treatment consisted of two levels of phosphorus [ low (3 mg L-1 N) and high (12 mg L-1 N) ]of nutrient solution. Result revealed that nutrients had significant affect on the RGR, however the RGR of the species was non-significant. The results showed that TP in wastewater were significantly higher from unvegetated microcosms compared to vegetated. L. salicaria was shown to be best removal effect with the removal rates of 81.7% and 91.1% at low and high concentrations of TP. The order of TP purification capacities was: A. calamus > L. salicaria >M. korsakowii >A.orientale> S. sagittifolia.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoyun Fu
PY  - 2015/07
DA  - 2015/07
TI  - Phosphorus removal from wastewater by five aquatic plants
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science 2015
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1013
EP  - 1017
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icaees-15.2015.186
DO  - 10.2991/icaees-15.2015.186
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