Attenuation of nitrogen, phosphorus and E. coli inputs from pasture runoff to surface waters by a farm wetland: The importance of wetland shape and residence time

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-509

  Wilcock, Robert John ^a   Müller, Karin ^b   Van Assema, Gareth B ^a   Bellingham, Margaret A ^a   Ovenden, Ron ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Pasture; Residence time; Retention; Riparian protection; Wetland; Wetland shape

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; PASTURE; RESIDENCE TIME; RETENTION; RIPARIAN PROTECTION;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUTUMN; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT RETENTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASTURELAND; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; WETLAND SHAPE; WINTER;

NEW ZEALAND;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856557321     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0876-8     Document Type: Article

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