Importance of sediment deposition and denitrification for nutrient retention in floodplain wetlands

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-174

  Olde Venterink, Harry ^a,b   Vermaat, Jan E ^a,c   Pronk, Mario ^a,d   Wiegman, Frank ^a   Van Der Lee, Guda E M ^e   Van Den Hoorn, Martin W ^f   Higler, L W G ^f   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^g  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; River water quality; Riverine wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846798385     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2006)9[163:IOSDAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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