Integrated stream and wetland restoration: A watershed approach to improved water quality on the landscape

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-39

  Richardson, Curtis J ^a   Flanagan, Neal E ^a   Ho, Mengchi ^a   Pahl, James W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sediment; Stream restoration; Urban watershed; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION RATE; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DUKE UNIVERSITY; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION; HEADWATER STREAM; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RIPARIAN WETLAND; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT RETENTION; STORMWATERS; STREAM EROSION; STREAM RESTORATION; SURFACE FLOW; URBAN WATERSHED; WATER PULSE; WETLAND HYDROLOGY; WETLAND RESTORATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COLIFORM BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULICS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESTORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

ACCRETION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FECAL COLIFORM; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HEADWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STORMWATER; STREAMWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CAPE FEAR RIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; QUEENSLAND; SANDY CREEK; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650249897     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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