The ecological value of constructed wetlands for treating urban runoff

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Pankratz, S ^a   Young, T ^b   Cuevas Arellano, H ^b   Kumar, R ^b   Ambrose, R F ^a   Suffet, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Constructed wetlands; Habitat quality; Metals; Nutrients; Urban runoff

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NUTRIENTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; URBAN RUNOFF DIVERSION SYSTEM;

RUNOFF;

METAL; RUNOFF;

BIODIVERSITY; NUTRIENTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BACCHARIS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ELEOCHARIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT TISSUE; RAGWEED; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

INVERTEBRATA; SCIRPUS; TYPHA;

EID: 33947281155     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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