Growth rates of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) seedlings in a treated effluent assimilation marsh

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 549-553

  Lundberg, Chris J ^a   Shaffer, Gary P ^a   Wood, William B ^a   Day, John W ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Taxodium distichum; Wastewater treatment wetlands; Water quality; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LOUISIANA; DIAMETER GROWTH; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GROWING SEASON; HURRICANE PROTECTION; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA , USA; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATED WASTEWATER; VERTICAL ACCRETION; WETLAND RESTORATION;

HURRICANES; RECLAMATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESTORATION; SEED; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACCRETION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EFFLUENT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HURRICANE; MARSH; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

NYSSA; NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSACEAE; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 79951672285     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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