Remediation of metalaxyl, trifluralin, and nitrate from nursery runoff using container-grown woody ornamentals and phytoremediation areas

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 254-263

  Warsaw, Aaron L ^a,b   Thomas Fernandez, R ^a   Kort, Dan R ^a   Cregg, Bert M ^a   Rowe, Brad ^a   Vandervoort, Chris ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungicide; Herbicide; Nursery production; Pesticide; Water management

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAINERS; FUNGICIDES; HERBICIDES; METALS; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AQUATIC PHYTOREMEDIATION; CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; NURSERY PRODUCTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS; WOODY ORNAMENTALS;

RUNOFF;

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; NITRATE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SALIX; SALIX ALBA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 84864139961     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.036     Document Type: Article

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