Search for dissertations about: "wetland plants"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words wetland plants.

2. 1. Phytostabilisation : use of wetland plants to treat mine tailings

   Author : Eva Stoltz; Maria Greger; Lena Kautsky; Marinus Otte; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Phytostabilisation; wetland plants; mine tailings; Plant physiology; Växtfysiologi;

   Abstract : Mine tailings can be rich in sulphide minerals and may form acid mine drainage (AMD) through reaction with atmospheric oxygen and water. AMD contains elevated levels of metals and arsenic (As) that could be harmful to animals and plants. READ MORE

4. 2. Role of plants in treating metal-polluted waters in wetlands

   Author : Johanna Nyquist; Maria Greger; Hans Brix; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; treatment wetlands; stormwater; AMD; metal uptake; wetland plants; Biology; Biologi; växtfysiologi; Plant Physiology;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the role of wetland plants in wetland treatment of metal-polluted waters. The specific aims were to investigate metal uptake in various wetland plant species; whether and how wetland plants tolerate high metal concentrations in their immediate surroundings, and how the pH and metal concentrations of polluted waters influence metal uptake in wetland plants were also investigated. READ MORE

5. 3. Heavy metal removal by floating treatment wetlands: Plant selection

   Author : Maria Schück; Maria Greger; Åsa Danielsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Phytoremediation; Rhizofiltration; Heavy metal; Chloride; Floating treatment wetland; Wetland plants; Stormwater; Plant Physiology; växtfysiologi;

   Abstract : Elevated levels of heavy metals and chloride are commonly found in stormwater, as a consequence of pollution from traffic, building material and industries, and the use of salt for deicing in wintertime. Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs), consisting of vegetated rafts that can be placed in stormwater ponds, may be able to reduce heavy metal and chloride concentrations, but until this date have mainly been used for nutrient removal in warm climates. READ MORE

6. 4. Methane dynamics in northern wetlands: Significance of vascular plants

   Author : Anna Joabsson; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; aquatic ecology; marine biology; Hydrobiology; Växtekologi; Plant ecology; climate change; arctic wetlands; northern wetlands; plant-microbe interactions; methane emission; vascular plants; limnology; Marinbiologi; limnologi; akvatisk ekologi; Ecology; Ekologi;

   Abstract : The studies presented in Papers I to VI illustrate several different aspects of the impact of vascular plants on methane emissions from northern natural wetlands. The subject has been approached on different scales, ranging from the study of microbial substrates in the vicinity of a single plant root, to an attempt to extrapolate some of the results to the entire northern hemisphere north of 50°N. READ MORE

7. 5. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in created agricultural wetlands

   Author : Geraldine Thiere; Stefan Weisner; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; constructed ponds; eutrophication abatement; biodiversity conservation; functional diversity; macroinvertebrates; plants; bacterial denitrification; watershed scale; nitrogen removal; phosphorus retention; Terrestrial; freshwater and marine ecology; Terrestrisk; limnisk och marin ekologi; watershed scale; bacterial denitrification; plants; macroinvertebrates; functional diversity; biodiversity conservation; constructed ponds; eutrophication abatement; nitrogen removal; phosphorus retention;

   Abstract : This doctoral dissertation was produced in a cooperation between Halmstad University (Wetland Research Centre, School of Business and Engineering) and Lund University (Limnology & Marine Biology, Department of Ecology).Abstract . READ MORE