Quantifying spatial variability and biogeochemical controls of ecosystem metabolism in a eutrophic flow-through wetland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 221-236

  Maynard, Jonathan J ^a   Dahlgren, Randy A ^b   O'Geen, Anthony T ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic metabolism; Constructed wetlands; Eutrophication; Primary productivity; Spatial variability; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BIOMASS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FLOWTHROUGH; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; HIGH RATE; METABOLIC PROCESS; METABOLIC RATES; MULTIPARAMETERS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RESPIRATION RATE; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER COLUMNS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

WETLANDS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EUTROPHICATION; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 84864082874     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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