Assessing the influence of vegetation on reduction of pesticide concentration in experimental surface flow constructed wetlands: Application of the toxic units approach

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 955-962

  Elsaesser, David ^a   Blankenberg, Anne Grete Buseth ^b   Geist, Anna ^a   Mæhlum, Trond ^b   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Mitigation; Nonpoint source pollution; Pesticide; Toxic units

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY THRESHOLDS; ADVERSE EFFECT; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DICAMBA; DIMETHOATE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LOW MASS; MITIGATION; NONPOINT-SOURCE POLLUTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; TEBUCONAZOLE; TOXIC EFFECT; TOXIC UNIT; TRIFLOXYSTROBIN; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; WETLAND CELLS; WETLAND SYSTEMS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CELLS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; POLLUTION; SORPTION; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

TOXICITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMINANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION; TOXICITY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER FLOW;

PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 79955609318     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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