Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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8012
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Glyceria maxima
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Glyceria maxima (reed manna grass) tolerates low oxygen concentrations and thrives in eutrophic environments, making it an ideal species for artificial wetland systems.
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25477
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8013
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Glyceria maxima
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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Glyceria maxima (reed manna grass) has been used to treat the wastewaters from swine farms in integrated constructed wetlands (ICW) in Ireland. During an 18-month study, the ICW successfully removed 98.1-99.9% of the ammonia-nitrogen.
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County Cork, Ireland
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25466
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8014
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Glyceria maxima
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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In other integrated constructed wetlands (ICW) planted with only Glyceria maxima (reed manna grass), there was a significant reduction in total organic nitrogen, ammonia-nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen, and molybdate reactive phosphorus.
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25465
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8015
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Glyceria maxima
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Water Quality Benefit
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Experimental
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Laboratory
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In experiments in the Czech Republic, harvesting Glyceria maxima (reed manna grass) may increase the nutrient recovery from the wastewater.
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Czech Republic
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25477
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