Influence of hydrological regime on wetland attenuation of diffuse agricultural nitrate losses

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-88

  Tanner, Chris C ^a   Kadlec, Robert H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Wetland Management Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Dynamic model; Hydrology; Mitigation; Nitrogen; Non point source; Pollution; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MITIGATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NON-POINT SOURCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUBSURFACE TILE DRAINAGE; TREATMENT;

CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDROLOGY; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 84878622428     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.043     Document Type: Article

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