Suitability of degraded peat for constructed wetlands - Hydraulic properties and nutrient flushing

Geoderma

Volumn 228-229, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-32

  Kleimeier, Christian ^a   Karsten, Ulf ^a   Lennartz, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural run off; Constructed wetlands; Immobile Water; Mesocosm; Nitrate removal; Peat soil; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; PEAT; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SOILS; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; IMMOBILE WATER; MESOCOSMS; NITRATE REMOVAL; PEAT SOILS; REDOX POTENTIALS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

EID: 84899936022     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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