Vegetated canals mitigate nitrogen surplus in agricultural watersheds

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 212, Issue , 2015, Pages 253-262

  Castaldelli, Giuseppe ^a   Soana, Elisa ^a   Racchetti, Erica ^b   Vincenzi, Fabio ^a   Fano, Elisa Anna ^a   Bartoli, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canal network; Denitrification; Ecosystem services; Macrophytes; N2< inf> open channel method; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CANAL; DENITRIFICATION; DEPURATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; IRRIGATION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ITALY; PO RIVER;

EID: 84938387906     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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