Effects of wetland construction on water quality in a semi-arid catchment degraded by intensive agricultural use

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-639

  Moreno Mateos, David ^a,b   Pedrocchi, César ^b   Comín, Francisco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; Irrigation; Nutrients; Phragmites australis; Salinization; Water residence time; Wetland size

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; RESIDENCE TIME; WETLAND SIZES;

CATCHMENTS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SALTS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER BASIN; SALINIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77950596576     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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