No-net-loss not met for nutrient function in freshwater marshes: Recommendations for wetland mitigation policies

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hossler, Katie ^a   Bouchard, Virginie ^a   Fennessy, M Siobhan ^b   Frey, Serita D ^c   Anemaet, Evelyn ^a,d   Herbert, Ellen ^b,e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Created wetlands; Denitrification; Depressional wetlands; Ecosystem services; Nutrient cycling; Soil bulk density; Soil carbon; Wetland development; Wetland function; Wetland mitigation; Wetland structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863726845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00009.1     Document Type: Article

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