Evaluation of floating treatment wetlands as retrofits to existing stormwater retention ponds

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 254-265

  Winston, Ryan J ^a   Hunt, William F ^a   Kennedy, Shawn G ^a   Merriman, Laura S ^a   Chandler, Jacob ^b   Brown, David ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b City of Durham   (United States)

Author keywords

Floating wetland island; FTW; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Ponds; Retention basin; Salmonids; Sediment; Stormwater runoff; Temperature; Trout; Urban; Wetland treatment

Indexed keywords

FLOATING WETLAND ISLAND; FTW; RETENTION BASINS; SALMONIDS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; TROUT; URBAN; WETLAND TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PONDS; RETROFITTING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; HYDROPONICS; MONITORING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PEAK FLOW; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; SALMONID; SEDIMENTATION; STORMWATER; THRESHOLD; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VOLUME; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874807492     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.01.023     Document Type: Article

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