Nutrient mitigation capacity in Mississippi Delta, USA drainage ditches

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Moore, M T ^a   Kroger R ^b   Locke, M A ^a   Cullum, R F ^a   Steinriede Jr , R W ^a   Testa III, S ^a   Lizotte Jr , R E ^a   Bryant, C T ^a   Cooper, C M ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Phytoremediation; Runoff

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; AQUATIC SYSTEM; DRAINAGE DITCHES; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GULF OF MEXICO; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; LOAD REDUCTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NUTRIENT LOADS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT NUTRIENTS; RECEIVING SYSTEM; SEASONALITY; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOREMEDIATION; DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMMONIUM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND DRAINAGE; NUTRIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74249097318     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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