Creation and functioning of a buffer zone in a blanket peat forested catchment

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-92

  O'Driscoll, Connie ^a,b   O'Connor, Mark ^a   Asam, Zaki ul Zaman ^a,b   De Eyto, Elvira ^c   Rodgers, Michael ^a   Xiao, Liwen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Grass seeding; Peatland forest; Phosphorus; Retention

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONES; FRESHWATER PEARL MUSSELS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; PEATLAND; RETENTION; RETENTION EFFICIENCIES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

CATCHMENTS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BIVALVE; BLANKET BOG; BUFFER ZONE; CLEARCUTTING; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GRASS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; SALMONID; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

FORESTRY; GRASSES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RETENTION; SEDIMENTS; SEEDING; WETLANDS;

EID: 84887683766     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.029     Document Type: Article

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