Managing runoff, water quality and erosion in peatland forestry by peak runoff control

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 900-911

  Marttila, Hannu ^a   Kløve, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drainage; Nutrients; Organic matter; Peak runoff control (PRC); Sediment; Suspended solids; Water management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE CONDITION; GROUNDWATER ELEVATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PEAK FLOWS; PEAK RUNOFF CONTROL (PRC); PEATLAND; RUNOFF RATES; STORMWATERS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER PROTECTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIMBER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

BOREAL FOREST; DRAINAGE; EROSION CONTROL; FLOW VELOCITY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SETTLING VELOCITY; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DRAINAGE; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; RUNNABILITY; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

EID: 77953136651     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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