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Abstract
For studying the potential applications of Pontederia cordata L.as a constructed wetland plant,the removal effects of P.cordata and Phragmites australis Trin.ex Steud.on nutrients and heavy metal elements in the wetlands were compared.Mono-cultivated small-scale wetlands were constructed using pots(80 cm-50 cm-45 cm,the upper diameter-bottom diameter-high).The results showed that the removal rates for TN and BOD5 by P.cordata was significantly higher than those by P.australis(P 0.05).But there was no significant difference between them for the removal of Cd2 + and Pb2+.Content distribution of Cd2+and Pb2+ in both plants was as follows: root stem leaf.For both the wetlands,there was little difference in nutrient removal between hydraulic retention time(HRT) of 2 d and 7 d,but heavy metal removal rate at HRT of 7 d was significantly higher than that at HRT of 2 d,indicating that the removal of heavy metals was slower than that of nutrients in the constructed wetlands.These results suggest that P.cordata has a good application potential in constructed wetlands because of its good visual effects and high removal rates for wastewater pollutants.
应用与环境生物学报Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science
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The “Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology” is a national scientific and technological journal published both at home and abroad. It was started in 1995 and became bimonthly in 1999, and now it is a core journal for applied and environmental biology in China. It aims to introduce and exchange the new achievements, new technologies, new methods and new progresses made from the research fields of biology and its related disciplines both in China and abroad; enhance scientific and technological research serving for the development and construction of national economy, and improvement of people’s living standards.