Evaluating the effectiveness of two stormwater wetlands in North Carolina

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 521-528

  Line, Daniel E ^a,b   Jennings, Gregory D ^a   Shaffer, Michael B ^a   Calabria, Jon ^a   Hunt, William F ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Monitoring; Stormwater wetland

Indexed keywords

DIVERSE PLANT COMMUNITY; DRAINAGE AREA RATIO; STORMWATER WETLANDS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449085927     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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