Low phosphorus release but high nitrogen removal in two restored riparian wetlands inundated with agricultural drainage water

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-87

  Hoffmann, Carl Christian ^a   Heiberg, Lisa ^b   Audet, Joachim ^a   Schønfeldt, Boris ^b,e   Fuglsang, Ann ^c,f   Kronvang, Brian ^a   Ovesen, Niels Bering ^a   Kjaergaard, Charlotte ^a   Hansen, Hans Christian Bruun ^d   Jensen, Henning S ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c County of Funen ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Vejle Municipality   (Denmark)

^f Nature Agency   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Macrophytes; Mass balance; Nutrients; Phosphate adsorption; Soil phosphorus; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATER; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DRAINAGE WATER; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; MACROPHYTES; MASS BALANCE; MINERAL SOILS; OUTLET CONCENTRATION; OXIDIZED IRON; P RETENTION; PHOSPHATE ADSORPTION; PHOSPHORUS RELEASE; RELEASE RATE; RIPARIAN WETLAND; SHEET PILING; SHEETFLOWS; SOIL PHOSPHORUS; STREAM BANKS; TOP SOILS; WATER BALANCE;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SOILS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

WETLANDS;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DRAINAGE WATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MACROPHYTE; MASS BALANCE; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL HORIZON; TOPSOIL; WETLAND;

EID: 84864034360     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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