Agricultural pollutant removal by constructed wetlands: Implications for water management and design

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-183

  Díaz, Francisco J ^a,b   Ogeen, Anthony T ^a   Dahlgren, Randy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Irrigation return flows; Non point source pollution; Pollutant removal; Wetland ecosystem services

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOWS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DESIGN; ECOSYSTEMS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); IRRIGATION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; STORM SEWERS; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84855839241     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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