Effects of long-term municipal effluent discharge on the nutrient dynamics, productivity, and benthic community structure of a tidal freshwater forested wetland in Louisiana

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-257

  Day Jr , John W ^a   Westphal, Anneliese ^b   Pratt, Richard ^c   Hyfield, Emily ^a   Rybczyk, John ^d   Paul Kemp, G ^a   Day, Jason N ^a   Marx, Brian ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Department of Transportation   (United States)

^c USACE   (United States)

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forested wetlands; Productivity; Wetland wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; FORESTRY;

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; FORESTED WETLANDS; WETLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; AMMONIUM; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EFFLUENT; LITTERFALL; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM; WETLAND;

CONCENTRATION; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORESTRY;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748178213     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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