Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science 2015

Phosphorus removal from wastewater by five aquatic plants

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Xiaoyun Fu
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Xiaoyun Fu
Available Online July 2015.
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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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science 2015
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
July 2015
ISBN
978-94-6252-130-8
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2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/icaees-15.2015.186How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
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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