Wetlands in agricultural landscapes for nitrogen attenuation and biodiversity enhancement: Opportunities and limitations

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-13

  Hefting, Mariet M ^a   van den Heuvel, Ronald N ^a   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical loads; Dual purpose wetland; Landscape diversity; Nitrous oxide; Nutrients; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CRITICAL LOAD; ELEMENTAL NITROGEN GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY; NITROGEN ATTENUATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FLOOD CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; LOADING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIPARIAN ZONE; WETLAND;

EID: 84878615392     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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