The short-term effects of prescribed burning on biomass removal and the release of nitrogen and phosphorus in a treatment wetland

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2386-2391

  White, J R ^a   Gardner, L M ^a   Sees, M ^b   Corstanje, R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Div of Wastewater   (United States)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DISSOLUTION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NONMETALS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASSES; BIOMASS REMOVALS; BURNED AREAS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUSES; EFFLUENT WATERS; FIRE EFFECTS; LENGTH OF TIMES; MACROPHYTE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT EXPORTS; NUTRIENT RELEASES; NUTRIENT REMOVALS; ORGANIC MATTERS; OUTFLOW CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUSES; PRESCRIBED BURNS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUSES; TREATMENT WETLANDS;

EFFLUENTS;

NITROGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MACROPHYTE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; FIRES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 57049094306     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0019     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Bostic, E.M., and J.R. White. 2007. Soil phosphorus and vegetation influence on wetland phosphorus release after simulated drought. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:238-244.
2. Bremner, J.M., and C.S. Mulvaney. 1982. Nitrogen-total. In A.L. Page et al. (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 2. 2nd ed. Agron. Monogr. 9. ASA and SSSA, Madison, WI.
3. Clinton, B.D., J.M. Vose, J.D. Knoepp, and K.J. Elliott. 2003. Stream nitrate response to different burning treatments in southern Appalachian forests. In K.E.M. Galley et al. (ed.) Proc. of Fire Conf. 2000: The first national congress on fire ecology, prevention, and management. Misc. Publ. 13. Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Tallahassee, FL.
4. Cooke, G.D., E.B. Welch, S.A. Peterson, and P.R. Newroth. 1993. Restoration and management of lakes and reservoirs. 2nd ed. Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, FL.
5. Cypert, E. 1961. The effects of fires in the Okefenokee Swamp in 1954 and 1955. Am. Mid. Nat. 66:485-503.
6. D'Angelo, E.M., and K.R. Reddy. 1999. Regulators of heterotrophic microbial potentials in wetland soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31:815-830.
7. DeLaune, R.D., and S.R. Pezeshki. 2003. The role of organic matter in maintaining surface elevation in rapidly subsiding U.S. Gulf of Mexico coastal marshes. Water Air Soil Pollut. 3:167-179.
8. Dikici, H., and C.H. Yilmaz. 2006. Peat fire effects on some properties of an artificially drained peatland. J. Environ. Qual. 35:866-870.
9. Ditomaso, J.M., M.L. Brooks, E.B. Allen, R. Minnich, P.M. Rice, and G.B. Kyser. 2006. Control of invasive weeds with prescribed burning. Weed Technol. 20:535-548.
10. Faulkner, S.P., and A.A. Delacruz. 1982. Nutrient mobilization following winter fires in an irregularly flooded marsh. J. Environ. Qual. 11:129-133.
11. Frost, C.C. 1995. Presettlement fire regimes in Southeastern marshes, peatlands, and swamps. p. 36-60. In S.I. Cerulean and R.T. Engstrom (ed.) Fire in wetlands: A management perspective. Proc. of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conf., No. 19. Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Tallahassee, FL.
12. Hobbs, N., and D. Schimel. 1984. Fire effects on nitrogen mineralization and fixation in mountain shrub and grassland communities. J. Range Manage. 37:402-405.
13. Kadlec, R.H., and R.L. Knight. 1996. Treatment wetlands. CRC Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, FL.
14. Kirkman, L.K., P.C. Goebel, L. West, M.B. Drew, and B.J. Palik. 2000. Depressional wetland vegetation types: A question of plant community development. Wetlands 20:373-385.
15. Kost, M.A., and D. De Steven. 2000. Plant community responses to prescribed burning in Wisconsin sedge meadow. Nat. Areas J. 20:36-45.
16. Kutiel, P., and A. Shaviv. 1992. Effects of soil type, plant composition, and leaching on soil nutrients following a simulated forest fire. For. Ecol. Manage. 53:329-343.
17. Loveless, C.M. 1959. A study of the vegetation in the Florida Everglades. Ecol. 40:1-9.
18. Lugo, A.E. 1995. Fire and wetland management. p. 1-9. In S.I. Cerulean and R.T. Engstrom (ed.) Fire in wetlands: A management perspective. Proc. of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conf., No. 19. Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Tallahassee, FL.
19. Malecki, L.M., J.R. White, and K.R. Reddy. 2004. Nitrogen and phosphorus flux rates from sediments in a southeastern U.S. river estuary. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1545-1555.
20. Malecki-Brown, L.M., J.R. White, and K.R. Reddy. 2007. Soil biogeochemical characteristics influenced by alum application in a municipal wastewater treatment wetland. J. Environ. Qual. 36:1904-1913.
21. Martinez, C.J., and W.R. Wise. 2003. Hydraulic analysis of Orlando easterly wetland. J. Environ. Eng. 129:553-560.
22. Miner, C. 2001. Storage and portioning of soil phosphorus in the Orlando easterly wetland treatment system. M.S. thesis. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville.
23. Neary, D.G., C.C. Klopatek, L.F. Debano, and P.F. Folliott. 1999. Fire effects on belowground sustainability: A review and synthesis. For. Ecol. Manage. 122:51-71.
24. Neary, D.G., J.D. Landsberg, A.R. Tiedemann, and P.F. Folliott. 2005. In D.G. Neary et al. (ed.) Wildfire in ecosystems: Effects of fire on soil and water. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42. Vol. 4. U.S. Dep. of Agric., Forest Serv., Rocky Mountain Res. Stn., Ogden, UT.
25. Norton, D.A., and P.J. De Lange. 2003. Fire and vegetation in a temperate peat bog: Implications for the management of threatened species. Conserv. Biol. 17:138-148.
26. Post, Buckley, Schuh, and Jernigan, Inc. 1993. Compliance and performance review for the City of Orlando's easterly wetland treatment system. Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan Inc., Winter Park, FL.
27. Prepas, E.E., J.M. Burke, D.S. Chanasyk, D.W. Smith, G. Putz, S. Gabos, W. Chen, D. Millions, and M. Serediak. 2003. Impact of wildfire on discharge and phosphorus export from the Sakwatamau watershed in the Swan Hills, Alberta, during the first two years. J. Environ. Eng. Sci. 2:S63-S72.
28. Rhue, R.D., and W.G. Harris. 1999. Phosphorus sorption/desorption reactions in soils and sediments. p. 187-206. In K.R. Reddy et al. (ed.) Phosphorus biogeochemistry in subtropical ccosystems. Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, FL.
29. Richter, D.D. 1982. Prescribed fire; effects on water quality and forest nutrient cycling. Science (Washington, DC) 215:661-663.
30. SAS Institute. 2001. SAS Version 8.2. SAS Inst., Cary, NC.
31. Smith, S.M., S. Newman, P.B. Garrett, and J.A. Leeds. 2001. Differential effects of surface and peat fire on soil constituents in a degraded wetland of the northern Florida Everglades. J. Environ. Qual. 30:1998-2005.
32. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1993. Methods of chemical analysis of water and wastes. USEPA 600/R-93/100. Environ. Monitoring Support Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
33. Wang, H.G., and J.W. Jawitz. 2006. Hydraulic analysis of cell-network treatment wetlands. J. Hydrol. 330:721-734.
34. Wang, H.G., J.W. Jawitz, J.R. White, C.J. Martinez, and M.D. Sees. 2006. Rejuvenating the largest municipal treatment wetland in Florida. Ecol. Eng. 26:132-146.
35. White, J.R., and K.R. Reddy. 1999. Influence of nitrate and P loading on denitrifying enzyme activity in Everglades wetland soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:1945-1954.
36. White, J.R., and K.R. Reddy. 2001. Effect of select inorganic electron acceptors on organic nitrogen mineralization in northern Everglades soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 65:941-948.
37. White, J.R., and K.R. Reddy. 2003. Nitrification and denitrification rates of Everglades wetland soils along a phosphorus-impacted gradient. J. Environ. Qual. 32:2436-2443.
38. White, J.R., K.R. Reddy, and M.Z. Moustafa. 2004. Influence of hydrology and vegetation on phosphorus retention in Everglades stormwater treatment wetlands. Hydrol. Processes 18:343-355.
39. White, J.R., K.R. Reddy, and J.M. Newman. 2006. Hydrology and vegetation effects on water quality in subtropical constructed wetlands. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1242-1251.
40. Wilbur, R.B., and N.L. Christensen. 1983. Effects of fire on nutrient availability in a North Carolina coastal plain pocosin. Am. Mid. Natur. 110:54-61.
41. Willard, E.E., R.H. Wakimoto, and K.C. Ryan. 1995. Vegetation recovery in sedge meadow communities within the red bench fire, Glacier National Park. p. 102-110. In S.I. Cerulean and R.T. Engstrom (ed.) Fire in wetlands: A management perspective. Proc. of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conf., No. 19. Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Tallahassee, FL.