Estimating phosphorus retention of existing and restored coastal wetlands in a tributary watershed of the Laurentian Great Lakes in Michigan, USA

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-82

  Wang, N ^a   Mitsch, W J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Great Lakes; Phosphorus retention; Saginaw Bay; Uncertainty analysis; Vollenweider type model; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032321680     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008451823394     Document Type: Article

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