Assessment of phosphorus retention efficiency of blanket peat buffer areas using a laboratory flume approach

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-169

  Asam, Zaki ul Zaman ^a   Kaila, Annu ^b   Nieminen, Mika ^b   Sarkkola, Sakari ^b   O'Driscoll, Connie ^a   O'Connor, Mark ^a   Sana, Afshan ^a   Rodgers, Michael ^a   Xiao, Liwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blanket peat forest buffer area; Dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP); Hydraulic loading; Laboratory flumes; Mini buffer; Simulated overland flow

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; FOREST BUFFER; HYDRAULIC LOADING; MINI-BUFFER; OVERLAND FLOW;

BUFFER CIRCUITS; CATCHMENTS; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PHOSPHORUS; TURBINES;

PEAT;

AFFORESTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BLANKET BOG; BUFFER ZONE; GRASS; HARVESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION; RIPARIAN ZONE;

EFFICIENCY; FLUMES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HYDRAULICS; LOADING; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATIONS; TURBINES;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

POACEAE;

EID: 84868620189     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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