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Proefschrift (Thesis):

A treatment wetland used for polishing
tertiary effluent from a sewage treatment plant:
performance and processes


De nabehandeling van tertiair RWZI-effluent in een moerassysteem: zuiveringsrendement en processen
(met een samenvatting in het Nederlands)



201 p.
ISBN 90-393-3414-5


promotie (dissertation):
8 september 2003
Universiteit Utrecht


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Dr. Ing. Sylvia Toet

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Contents | List of publications
Toet S., Ineson P., Peacock S. & Ashmore M. (2011). Elevated ozone reduces methane emission from peatland mesocosms. Glob. Change Biol. 17: 288-296.

Freitag T.E., Toet S., Ineson P. & Prosser J.L. (2010). Links between methane flux and transcriptional activities of methanogenic archaea and methane oxidising bacteria in a blanket peat bog. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 73: 157-165.

Pancotto V.A., Van Bodegom P.M., Van Hal J., Van Logtestijn R.S.P., Blokker P, Toet S. & Aerts R. (2010). Indirect effects of N deposition and elevated CO2 on methane emission through litter chemistry contrast direct effects. J. Geophys. Res. 115, G02001, doi:10.1029/2009JG001099.

Dorrepaal, E., Toet, S., van Logtestijn, R.S.P., Swart, E., van de Weg, M.J., Callaghan, T.V. & Aerts, R. (2009). Carbon respiration from subsurface peat accelerated by climate warming in the subarctic. Nature 460: 616-620.

Subke, J.-A., Toet, S., D’Haese, D., Crossman, Z., Emberson, L.D., Barnes, J.D., Ashmore, M.R., Evershed, R.P. & Ineson, P. (2009). A new method for using 18O to trace ozone deposition. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 23(7): 980-984.

Toet, S., Subke, J.-A., D’Haese, D., Ashmore, M.R., Emberson, L.D., Crossman, Z., Evershed, R.P., Barnes, J.D. & Ineson, P. (2009). A new stable isotope approach identifies the fate of ozone in plant-soil systems. New Phytol. 182 (1): 85-90.

Ashmore M.R., Büker P., Emberson L.D., Terry, A.C. & Toet, S. (2007). Modelling stomatal ozone flux and deposition to grassland communities across Europe. Envir. Pol. 146: 659-670.

Ashmore M., Toet S. & Emberson L. (2006). Ozone - a significant threat to future world food production? New Phytol. 170: 201-204.

Milla, R., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Van Logtestijn, R.S.P., Toet, S., & Aerts, R. (2006). Vascular plant responses to elevated CO2 in a temperate lowland Sphagnum peatland. Plant Ecol. 182: 13-24.

Toet, S., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Aerts, R., Van Logtestijn, R.S.P., De Beus, M. & Stoevelaar, R. (2006). Moss responses to elevated CO2 and variation in hydrology in a temperate lowland peatland. Plant Ecol. 182: 27-40.

Toet, S., Van Logtestijn, R.S.P., Kampf, R., Schreijer, M. & Verhoeven, J.T.A. (2005). The effect of hydraulic retention time on the removal of pollutants from sewage treatment plant effluent in a surface-flow wetland system. Wetlands 25(2): 375-391 (this thesis).

Toet, S., Van Logtestijn, R.S.P., Schreijer, M., Kampf, R. & Verhoeven, J.T.A. (2005). The functioning of a wetland system used for polishing effluent from a sewage treatment plant. Ecol. Eng. 25: 101-124 (this thesis).

Toet, S., Bouwman, M., Cevaal, A. & Verhoeven, J.T.A. (2005). Nutrient removal through shoot harvest of Phragmites australis and Typha latifolia in relation to nutrient loading in a wetland used for polishing sewage
treatment plant effluent. J. Envir. Sci. Health, A 40: 1133-1156 (this thesis).

Van Heerwaarden, L.M. , Toet, S., Van Logtestijn, R.S.P., Aerts, R. (2005). Internal nitrogen dynamics in the graminoid Molinia caerulea under higher N supply and elevated CO2 concentrations. Plant Soil 277: 255-264.

Toet, S., Verhoeven, J.T.A. & Whigham, D.F. (2004). A treatment wetland used for polishing tertiary effluent from a sewage treatment plant: performance and processes. IWA Specialist Group on The Use of Macrophytes in Water Pollution Control Newsletter 28: 11-15.

Toet, S., Hersbach, L. & Verhoeven , J.T.A. (2003). Periphyton biomass and nutrient dynamics in a treatment wetland in relation to substratum, hydraulic retention time and nutrient removal. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. Monogr. Stud. 139(3): 361-392 (this thesis).

Toet, S., Huibers, L.H.F.A., Van Logtestijn, R.S.P. & Verhoeven, J.T.A. (2003). Denitrification in the periphyton associated with plant shoots and in the sediment of a wetland system supplied with sewage treatment plant effluent. Hydrobiologia 501: 29-44 (this thesis).

Van Heerwaarden, L.M., Toet, S. & Aerts, R. (2003). Current measures of nutrient resorption efficiency lead to a substantial underestimation of real resorption efficiency: facts and solutions. Oikos 101 (3): 664-669.

Van Heerwaarden, L.M., Toet, S. & Aerts, R. (2003). Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption efficiency and proficiency in six sub-arctic bog species after 4 years of nitrogen fertilisation. J. Ecol. 91(6): 1060-1070.

Schreijer, M., Kampf, R., Toet, S. & Verhoeven, J.T.A. (2000). Nabehandeling van RWZI-effluent tot bruikbaar oppervlaktewater in een moerassysteem - Resultaten van een 4-jarig demonstratieproject op praktijkschaal op RWZI Everstekoog, Texel, 1995-1998, STOWA-rapport 2000-10. Hoogheemraadschap van Uitwaterende Sluizen in Hollands Noorderkwartier, Edam.

Kampf, R., Schreijer, M., Toet, S., Verhoeven, J.T.A., Jak, R.G. & Groot, M. (1998). From sewage to (re)usable surface water, the use of a full-scale constructed wetland to improve the quality of effluent from an oxidation ditch in The Netherlands. In: Environment and agriculture at the crossroad of the new millenium, Proceedings of the international conference on environment and agriculture, Nov. 1-3, 1998. (Eds: Jha, R.K. et al.) Ecological Society, Kathmandu, pp. 443-455.

Aerts, R. & Toet, S. (1997). Nutritional controls on carbon dioxide and methane emission from Carex- dominated peat soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 29: 1683-1690.

Baayen, R.P., Schoffelmeer, E.A.M., Toet, S. & Elgersma, D.M. (1997). Fungal polygalacturonase activity reflects susceptibility of carnation cultivars to fusarium wilt. Eur. J. Plant Path. 103: 15-23.

Schreijer, M., Kampf, R., Toet, S. & Verhoeven, J. (1997). The use of constructed wetlands to upgrade treated sewage effluents before discharge to natural surface water in Texel Island, The Netherlands - Pilot study. Wat. Sci. Tech. 35: 231-237.

Schreijer, M., Kampf, R., Toet, S. & Verhoeven, J.T.A. (1997). Nabehandeling van effluent tot bruikbaar oppervlaktewater in een moerassysteem; Vooronderzoek. H2O 28: 340-342, 347.

Kampf, R., Schreijer, M., Toet, S. & Verhoeven, J.T.A. (1996). Nabehandeling van effluent tot bruikbaar oppervlaktewater in een moerassysteem met helofyten en waterplanten, opzet van een vierjarig demonstratieproject op praktijkschaal op rwzi Everstekoog. H2O 29: 400-402.

Kampf, R., Toet, S., Schreijer, M. Verhoeven, J.T.A. & Van Logtestijn, R. (1996). A constructed wetland system to improve the effluent quality from an oxidation ditch. In: Proceedings of 5th international conference on wetland systems for water pollution control, Vienna, 15-19 September 1996. Institute for Water Provision, Water Quality and Waste Management, Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna., II/17:1-3.

Aerts, R., Van Logtestijn, R., Van Staalduinen, M. & Toet, S. (1995). Nitrogen supply effects on productivity and potential leaf litter decay of Carex species from peatlands differing in nutrient limitation. Oecologia 104: 447-453.

Toet, S., Van Logtestijn, R., Verhoeven, J.T.A., Kampf, R. & Schreijer, M. (1995). The use of a constructed wetland to polish tertiarily treated sewage treatment effluent. In: Proceedings of nutrient cycling and retention in wetlands and their use for wastewater treatment, Sep. 6-9, 1995, (Ed Vymazal, J.) Ecology and Use of Wetlands, Prague, and Botanical Institute, Trebon, pp. 57-63.
 

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