Validation of the ecosystem services of created wetlands: Two decades of plant succession, nutrient retention, and carbon sequestration in experimental riverine marshes

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-24

  Mitsch, William J ^a,b   Zhang, Li ^a,b   Waletzko, Evan ^a,b   Bernal, Blanca ^c  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Nitrogen; Olentangy river wetland research park; Phosphorus; Water quality; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; METHANE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; OLENTANGY RIVER WETLAND RESEARCH PARKS; ORGANIC MATTER INPUTS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS;

WETLANDS;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HYDROLOGY; MARSH; NUTRIENT BUDGET; ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RETENTION;

OHIO; OLENTANGY RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84916935103     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.108     Document Type: Article

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