Topsoil removal to minimize internal eutrophication in rewetted peatlands and to protect downstream systems against phosphorus pollution: A case study from NE Germany

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 488-496

  Zak, Dominik ^a   Meyer, Nils ^a   Cabezas, Alvaro ^a   Gelbrecht, Jörg ^a   Mauersberger, Rüdiger ^b   Tiemeyer, Bärbel ^c   Wagner, Carola ^a   McInnes, Rob ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b Förderverein Feldberg Uckermärkische Seenlandschaft e V   (Germany)

^c THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^d RM Wetlands & Environment Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dialysis sampler; Iron; Peat characteristics; Phosphorus mobilisation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IRON; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; SOILS; SOLVENTS; WETLANDS;

DIALYSIS SAMPLER; DOWNSTREAM AREAS; MOBILISATION; P RETENTION; PASTURE LANDS; PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION; PORE WATERS; RELEASE RATE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; INSTRUMENTATION; IRON; MIRE; MOBILIZATION; PASTURE; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POREWATER; REWETTING; SOIL REMEDIATION; TOPSOIL;

GERMANY;

EID: 84951914644     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.12.030     Document Type: Article

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