Sedimentation in created freshwater riverine wetlands: 15 years of succession and contrast of methods

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-34

  Mitsch, William J ^a   Nedrich, Sara M ^b   Harter, Sarah K ^c   Anderson, Christopher ^d   Nahlik, Amanda M ^e   Bernal, Blanca ^f  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Erosion; Freshwater marsh; Horizon markers; Olentangy river wetland research Park; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

EROSION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER; WETLANDS;

BIOTURBATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EMERGENT VEGETATION; FRESHWATER MARSHES; HORIZON MARKERS; OLENTANGY RIVER WETLAND RESEARCH PARKS; RIVERINE WETLANDS; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

SEDIMENTATION;

ACCRETION; BIOTURBATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EROSION; FLOODING; MARSH; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

OHIO; OLENTANGY RIVER WETLAND RESEARCH PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916887508     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.116     Document Type: Article

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