Restoration of wetlands in the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri (MOM) River Basin: Experience and needed research

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-69

  Mitsch, William J ^a   Day Jr , John W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Louisiana State University; Nitrate nitrogen; Ohio State University; Olentangy River Wetland Research Park; River restoration; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RESTORATION; RIVERS;

GULF OF MEXICO; HYPOXIA; LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY; NITRATE-NITROGEN; OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY; OLENTANGY RIVER WETLAND RESEARCH PARK; RIVER RESTORATION; WETLAND RESTORATION;

WETLANDS;

CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RESTORATION; RIVERS; WETLANDS;

EUTROPHICATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31944439137     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.09.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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