Potential nitrate removal from a river diversion into a Mississippi delta forested wetland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-249

  Lane, Robert R ^a   Mashriqui, Hassan S ^a   Kemp, G Paul ^a   Day, John W ^a   Day, Jason N ^a   Hamilton, Anna ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lee Wilson and Associates Inc   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hydrologic modeling; Nutrient retention; River diversion; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; RIVERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

RIVER DELTAS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 0344585302     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(03)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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