Microbial processes influencing performance of treatment wetlands: a review

JL Faulwetter, V Gagnon, C Sundberg… - Ecological …, 2009 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the microbial mechanisms responsible for removal of carbon,
nitrogen, and sulfur compounds in treatment wetlands (TWs) and identifies, categorizes and …

Contaminant removal processes in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands: a review

J Garcia, DPL Rousseau, J Morato… - Critical reviews in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The main contaminant removal processes occurring in subsurface-flow constructed
wetlands treating wastewater are reviewed. Redox conditions prevailing in the wetlands are …

Responses of extracellular enzymes to simple and complex nutrient inputs

SD Allison, PM Vitousek - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Soil microbes produce extracellular enzymes that mineralize organic matter and release
carbon and nutrients in forms that can be assimilated. Economic theories of microbial …

Salinity affects microbial activity and soil organic matter content in tidal wetlands

EM Morrissey, JL Gillespie, JC Morina… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change‐associated sea level rise is expected to cause saltwater intrusion into many
historically freshwater ecosystems. Of particular concern are tidal freshwater wetlands …

Microbial biomass, activity and community composition in constructed wetlands

M Truu, J Juhanson, J Truu - Science of the total environment, 2009 - Elsevier
The aim of the current article is to give an overview about microbial communities and their
functioning but also about factors affecting microbial activity in the three most common types …

Treatment of industrial effluents in constructed wetlands: challenges, operational strategies and overall performance

S Wu, S Wallace, H Brix, P Kuschk, WK Kirui… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
The application of constructed wetlands (CWs) has significantly expanded to treatment of
various industrial effluents, but knowledge in this field is still insufficiently summarized. This …

Temperature effects on soil organic carbon, soil labile organic carbon fractions, and soil enzyme activities under long-term fertilization regimes

R Qi, J Li, Z Lin, Z Li, Y Li, X Yang, J Zhang, B Zhao - Applied Soil Ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of temperature changes on soil organic carbon (SOC), labile organic carbon
fractions (microbial biomass carbon, MBC; dissolved organic carbon, DOC; particulate …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of climate change on the treatability of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in upland water supplies: A UK perspective

JP Ritson, NJD Graham, MR Templeton… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Climate change in the UK is expected to cause increases in temperatures, altered
precipitation patterns and more frequent and extreme weather events. In this review we …

Restoration of carbon and microbial activity in salt-induced soil by application of peanut shell biochar during short-term incubation study

D Bhaduri, A Saha, D Desai, HN Meena - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
For the present study, soil samples of four artificially-induced salinity gradients (S 0: control,
S 1: 2.0, S 2: 4.0, S 3: 6.0 EC iw) was incubated with fine-textured peanut shell biochar at …

Stoichiometry constrains microbial response to root exudation-insights from a model and a field experiment in a temperate forest

JE Drake, BA Darby, MA Giasson, MA Kramer… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
Plant roots release a wide range of chemicals into soils. This process, termed root
exudation, is thought to increase the activity of microbes and the exoenzymes they …