Constructed wetland attenuation of nitrogen exported in subsurface drainage from irrigated and rain-fed dairy pastures

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 55-61

  Tanner, C C ^a   Nguyen, M L ^a   Sukias, J P S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Best management practice; Diffuse pollution; Irrigation; Nitrate; Non point source; Tile drainage; Treatment wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; RAIN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

DAIRY PASTURES; FLOW-PROPORTIONAL SAMPLING; OUTFLOW CONCENTRATIONS; RAIN-FED LANDSCAPE;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; RAIN;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATCHMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LANDSCAPE; NEW ZEALAND; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

DRAINAGE; NITROGEN; RAIN; RUNOFF; WETLANDS;

EID: 21844442349     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0287     Document Type: Article

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